$3.50 a gallon?

So I just read on some news site that some oil field somewhere in North America developed unchecked rusty pipes and exploded black gold all over the dusty ground. Great. Now, the gas prices will abrutly go up by about $0.50 per gallon before lunchtime today. And my power bill will probably go up again as well.

I understand supply and demand economics. I understand speculations and projections...what I fail to understand is how something can immediately cost me more before it costs more for the people who move it around and sell it.

Personally I think it's bullcrap. For me, personally, motorcycles are losing their image of two wheeled death machines and are moving into a category of fuel efficient economy vehicles with some trade off's in comfort for a 9000% increase in mpg.

If our local public transportation had more than 11 stops(sarcasm...although it is a small amount of stops) I would gladly buy a bus pass and start riding. The main problem with this plan involves the lack of bus stops, which would require me to bike it a few miles to the nearest one, and then ride a few more mile to my actual destination. This, coupled with the problem of the bus schedule not lining up with the hours I'm expected to be at my job puts the local public transportation in a category of 'urealistic answer for my situation'.

I just plan on complaining about it, I have no realistic solutions at this moment.

I had one idea, but it was Wile E. Coyote nightmare that involved a crossbow, a toilet plunger, 60' of nylon braided rope, a helmet and a skateboard. Then you wait by the road.