While it doesn’t make up for the losses in the stock market, the fact that the side effect has meant lower oil prices became evident to me this weekend. Filled up the Freestyle at $2.89 per gallon at Costco. Wow. Big change from a few months ago when it was almost $1 more per gallon.

Also, taking some lessons from driving Zandra’s hybrid has meant that I’m also getting better mileage on the Ford Freestyle at the moment - the current tank is averaging a little over 25 mpg.

Question now for me is will silly Americans go back to buying gas guzzling SUVs and pickup trucks now that gas has dropped $1/gallon. Maybe not this time, because Americans don’t seem to be buying much of anything right now....