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I know this doesn't apply to everybody, especially those of you flying bigger engines, but I couldn't care less how much avgas costs. It doesn't make a difference to me.

My plane only burns 5 gallons/hour. That means fuel can jump an entire $1.00/gallon and I'll ony see an operating expense increase of $5/hour.

When I'm already paying say, $55/hour to fly my plane, what's the difference between $55/hr and say, $60/hour? It's a small fraction of my expenses in the whole scheme of things. I could fly a couple hours less per year (say, 90 hours instead of 95) and be back to where I started financially.

So yeah, I wish it were cheaper, but I see the big picture and fuel prices don't truly influence what I decide to do or not do with my plane.

Oh, and as for the original question, I'm paying a hair under $5/gallon for my gas nowadays.