current gas prices One has to wonder if the American population can sustain these current gas prices without making more sacrifices in their lifestyles. Reports indicate that people are eating out less, especially in fine dining restaurants, traveling less, and combining errands to save gas, combating current gas prices. The current gas prices are slated to go higher. They usually top out between Memorial Day and the July 4th, so it will be crucial for people to find ways to save in other areas of their budget in order to save money that will all go in the tank.

Food prices are soaring, as well, the result of incredibly high diesel prices. Besides the cost of the energy it takes to process food, fertilizer prices are going up because many of them are made with hydrocarbons, and that cost will be added to the cost of growing and producing the food. One way to save money, and improve the quality of diets in this changing age is to buy organic, locally produced foods, at farmers' markets and local farms that let people pick their own. Paying current gas prices and still maintaining a decent standard of living will call for creative money management, and finding ways to trim food budgets by thinking local, instead of global.