When I was a teenager, I played a paper-and-pencil game called Car Wars with a group of similarly geeky friends. In this game you designed armed and armored vehicles and played them against one another or in missions.
The game was set in the far future (2040s, maybe?), and one of the things that constantly reminded you of this was that most cars were powered by electric motors. Gasoline engines were available, and they gave superior performance, but gas prices were ludicrously high, a tactic which usually worked to discourage their use.
That “ludicrously high” price? Five dollars a gallon.
Looking at today’s gas prices, I suspect that five dollars a gallon by 2040 was… optimistic.
Well, they could have made gas $10, but then people would tell them that they were just full of hot air…
What would you expect, with prices… ballooning… 😉
Now I know why they call it inflation, hopefully the economy won’t crash like a lead zeppelin…
Obama’s pumping money into the economy, and I’m sure there’s a reason for the phrase “float a loan.” 😉
As far as the economy goes, the ship has hit the fan…. Or something like that…
At least it doesn’t seem to be in immediate danger of sinking… the rats are still comfortably ensconced in their dens. When they start abandoning ship, it’s time to head for the lifeboats ourselves. 😉