The rising cost of gas is what everybody's talking about. The biggest question is how to afford the ever-changing price of gas and keep your household budget in tact.
Energy experts say the problem stems from drivers continuing to demand gas. That high demand will keep prices high.
A Myrtle Beach woman said her family changed the way they live. Christina Howard said she doesn't even know how much it takes to fill-up her car anymore. She drives a large SUV. "I'm not filling-up anymore. My kids mainly drive it now. I drive my husband’s car most of the time which is a charger, so it's less on gas,” said Howard. “I haven't filled this up in probably 2- months."
Howard spends about $25-$30 dollars at a time. Her husband is in sales and she said he's trying to make more money to make ends meet for their family of five.
"I don't want to go get a job, but the way prices are, it doesn't afford for me to get a job, because to work, I have to put money in it to go and that just takes up the paycheck," said Howard.
Howard uses the web to look for the best prices. "I've gone on the internet to find the cheapest ones, but if you're on E, you can't make it to the cheapest ones, that's hard too."
Howard's teenagers won't drive to school once they are out for summer break and that will save them some money on gas, but she doesn't think that's enough.
"I've even thought about selling it and getting rid of it and getting a smaller car which it many come to it."
Thursday, the price of crude oil hit $124 dollars a barrel. The national average price of gas, $3.81. So, how can you find the cheapest prices?
You can go online on several websites such as http://www.gasbuddy.com, http://www.fueleconomy.gov and many others. The websites give you station locations and prices.
You can download cell phone applications for text alerts on local gas prices
On http://www.getmobio.com
And, you can download software to your desktop for a live feed of local prices on http://www.automotive.com under “widgets.”
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