Utahns Selling Plasma..

...to make ends meet. It can bring in about $280 a month. Donations are way up in Utah. Would you consider selling blood to bring the extra money? Gasoline prices keep rising, and Doug said some people can’t just whine and bear it anymore. Doug filled up this morning—27 gallons worth—and got a look of sincere sympathy from the gas station attendant.

The 10 0'Clock Hour Rundown

Doug said there’s a psychological barrier to putting gas over $4.00 a gallon. That’s why there are so many stations charging $3.99 for regular unleaded around the state. He read headlines of “Utahns selling plasma for gas.” That’s right. People are selling their blood to fill their tanks. Theoretically, donating twice a week, one could earn around $200 a month toward gas.

A caller said she donated plasma after getting married to pay the bills. She said it takes hours to get through the testing, the needle is huge, and she has scars years later from donating. SUV drivers might want a permanent IV in their arm—less pricks that way.

Lance of the ARUP linked gas prices and blood donations by saying more people need to donate blood because greater numbers of people are driving and getting hurt on motorcycles trying to save gas.

Doug wondered why they can’t sync the traffic lights to keep people from wasting gas while they idle. He remembers a time on 700 East when the stars were in alignment and he traveled for miles without stopping. It doesn’t happen often enough.