Quote From: darkmagyar We can cut down on the amount of fuel we use. If you live close to your work, bike ride, walk or jog to work. You get the added bonus of exercise and you don't have to sit at stoplights or in traffic.
If that's not an option, carpool! Buy a car that's fuel efficient. Our lust for big vehicles is driving up the prices. Make sure the vehicle you have is tuned up and the tires aren't worn; a well tuned vehicle uses gasoline more effiiently.
There is something we can do about this.
I blame both the corporations and the people.
I am totally sympathetic to people who drive small cars or hybrids who complain about gas prices. But people who drive around in SUVs and Trucks and complain about gas prices just annoy me. Did it occur to you that you would have to put gas into the SUV/Truck? Did it occur to you that it would take a lot more gas? Do these people even know that SUVs/Trucks are less safe including for those in the SUV/Truck than normal cars? I get a good laugh when I see/hear about people you used to own SUVs/Trucks getting them reposed because they can't afford them anymore, who know have to take the bus because they wasted all their money on an inferior product that is far more expensive than a normal car. People in Europe are smart enough to know this and to buy regular cars for there families. Only in America!
The other things that sickens is people who are perfectly healthy and capable of walking(usually in SUVs) that drive about 2 blocks to get somewhere (and we wonder why Americans are so fat). Case in point: there was a resturant 2 or 3 blocks from where I was taking a class for work. Most of the people who went there for lunch got in there cards and drove there.
The point is yes we are being completely gouged and cheated, but it isn't like we can't do anything about it!
