Quote From: trigreenI 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!
Dear Trigreen,
I just wanted to say that I am very happy that there are still Americans left who aren’t as shortsighted and undereducated as some others in this forum. I am also happy to see that oil prices are a problem for Americans and hope they will look for alternatives of which some are very easy to implement. I totally agree what you said about the SUVs and short distance car usage.
Let me add to this that America is still the number one energy users (or wasters from European perspective) in the world and have the highest ecological footprint pro person, so I would like to stretch this topic from oil specifically to energy usage in general. Personally I think there’s a huge responsibility and opportunity for governments to educate people about energy consuming products (from cars to fridges et cetera). Let me ask you some questions: to what extend do governments in the
USA
inform their people about this subject (energy usage in general)? Do you need to pay extra taxes if you own cars which are energy consuming (like SUVs)? Are products tagged with labels informing about their energy usage?
Best regards,
Homer, the big Dutch Dr. Phil fan!
