$3.54 a Gallon Cause For Celebration?

Well, today I was in town, and I saw that gas prices are averaging $3.65 a gallon. At Kroger,
it is $3.64, then a Kroger discount brings it to $3.54.
And we were thanking God for how much the prices have gone down.
Does that or does that not seem insane? Hey, at least it's not $4.50 anymore!
And you oil tycoons can blame the war on terror, natural disasters, OPEC, Saudi Arabia, Muslims in general, suicide bombers or even someone who sneezed in a refinery, but how do you explain that the major oil companies are making their highest profits ever? How do you explain the huge profit increase for Exxon? Or that Exxon's CEO is setting record profits for one in his position? Hmm?
Yes, energy costs are changing and rising. People take for granted what costs natural resources to bring us. (No, I am not going to turn into some left-wing, environmentalist who starts screaming about Global Warming.) We do certainly need to look for new ways to improve our energy expenditure, and to preserve what we have.
The truth is, energy or no, people just can't keep living like Americans live for an eternity. Both spouses have to maintain high-paying jobs so they can pay on their $600,000 home, their two or three $30,000+ cars, programs for all the children, pricey cell, cable, internet and everything else services, restaurant dinners nearly every night, thousands in credit card bills, and on and on and on and on and on. This just isn't a practical or a godly way to do it. You might could go on like this for a while, you might could have a nation full of lavish, luxurious living people for a time, but it just can't last.
Well, anyway, I'm curious to know, what are fuel prices like where my readers are? What have they been at their highest over the Summer? I live in Georgia. Where are my readers from? Thanks for your comments.