While we have been struggling with the high cost of gas and diesel, currently $4/gallon and $5/gallon, respectively, we may not have been thinking about how it is affecting the cost of living. And as fuel prices go up, our cost of living also goes up.
But how high?
And more importantly, why?
There are a couple of reasons: speculators, or maybe the speculators are investing so much because of poor fiscal policies by the government.
Well, you check them out and decide. But it will be nice when the commodities/energy bubble bursts and these guys come crashing down!