Rural Mysteries of the North Fork Polygon

Gas Price Anomalies

A Picture is Worth 999^9/10 Words

As gas prices are setting new records the week of May 18, 2007, a local newspaper reports: "There's nothing we can do".

May 4, 2007 Petrol Price Point

These pictures taken on May 4, 2007, prove that Polygon gas prices have risen almost $1.00 per gallon since the November 2006 elections:

November 10, 2006 Petrol Price Point

We photographically documented the "bottoming-out" of gas prices in Applegate and Meadow Vista three days after the polls closed on this election/gas price cycle.

Prior to Election Day, we had watched the price per gallon plummet by almost $1.00 since the last time we recorded the gas prices in September 2005 and July 2006. Then, on November 11, 2006 we observed a 10 cent per gallon increase!

July 2006 and September 2005

The difference between the price of gas in Applegate and Meadow Vista is almost always 10 cents per gallon. The distance from Applegate to Meadow Vista is almost always 2.5 miles. Now, you do the math.

Rural Mysteries of the North Fork Polygon