I'm sick of this shit

Alright, you all know I live in the corny FLA, it's hot as hell, too sunny and humid. Driving is like the worst punishment when your car has no A/C, you get to your destination looking like you ran all the way there instead of driving. But that's not why I'm mad. What's pissing me off is the fact that GAS here has reached the $3.00 mark and it's not even summertime. I was mad when gas went up to $2.35 and that was just this past November, what's up with that??!!
What I want to know is, how can gas prices be reaching record highs when the oil companies are turning a profit (big ones at that). There CEO making more in a day that a lot of people won't make in 2 years. CRAZY!!! For example, last years 3rd quarter earnings Exxon Mobil stated that there profits rose 75% , Shell rose 68% and Marathon rose 40% . On what planet can something like that be right, and why aren't people protesting in the street this.
I've learned that there are countries that have been on the ball when it comes to alternative fuels for years. I live an America the country once thought to be on the forefront of basically everything. Now it seems like we're still in the dark ages and everyone else is on a rocketship zooming past us.
I'm here thinking of stuff I have to go without for the next couple months because I have to budget for gas. In the past my budget for gas was on the bottom of my list of things, hell for $20.00 my tank would be enough for the week and Saturday. Now, $20.00 gets me to just half a tank and here in FLA you got to drive EVERYWHERE. This is just heartbreaking, when greed is the driving force for the majority of big businesses how can a person like me survive?










