So it is irritating and sometimes budget-crushing to pay more than $3 a gallon for gas. Are you drinking $7.80-a-gallon Dasani bottled water while you drive? Or a cup of $20-a-gallon Starbuck?s coffee? (Starbuck?s will sell you a five-gallon container, if you like, for $90). Drinking Starbuck?s latte? $30-plus a gallon.

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