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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 824939" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I have to point out the fact that the pain of high gas prices is largely self-inflicted.</p><p> </p><p>We all get to <em>choose</em> where we live, we all get to <em>choose</em> the distance of our commute, and we all get to <em>choose</em> the vehicle we drive.</p><p> </p><p>I chose to buy a home that is 13 miles from where I work, and I chose to buy a car that gets 40 MPG. So, quite frankly, I could care less whether gas is 2 or 3 or even $4 per gallon.</p><p> </p><p>A car that gets 40MPG on $4 per gallon fuel costs the same amount to drive as a car that gets 10MPG on $1 per gallon fuel. If you want to pay less for fuel, then <em>use</em> less fuel. It isnt rocket science.</p><p> </p><p>If your lifestyle involves commuting long distances via car, and/or driving a gas hog SUV, then perhaps that lifestyle needs to be reevaluated. Any rational person who looks at what is going on in our world today and who does some basic research into the reality of fossil fuels should know that our days of burning up $1 a gallon gas like it was water are <em>over. </em>They <em>should</em> have been over back in the early 1970's during the <em>first</em> energy crisis, but we Americans seem to regard cheap gas as some sort of birthright. So we find that history is simply repeating itself and we are getting to learn the same painful lessons all over again.</p><p> </p><p>"Drill here, drill now" is a <em>joke</em>. It does <em>nothing</em> to solve the underlying problem, it only delays the inevitable and prolongs the pain. The solution is conservation and the use of alternate and renewable sources of energy. The answers are all around us, we as a nation simply lack the wisdom and willingess to make the necessary changes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 824939, member: 14668"] I have to point out the fact that the pain of high gas prices is largely self-inflicted. We all get to [I]choose[/I] where we live, we all get to [I]choose[/I] the distance of our commute, and we all get to [I]choose[/I] the vehicle we drive. I chose to buy a home that is 13 miles from where I work, and I chose to buy a car that gets 40 MPG. So, quite frankly, I could care less whether gas is 2 or 3 or even $4 per gallon. A car that gets 40MPG on $4 per gallon fuel costs the same amount to drive as a car that gets 10MPG on $1 per gallon fuel. If you want to pay less for fuel, then [I]use[/I] less fuel. It isnt rocket science. If your lifestyle involves commuting long distances via car, and/or driving a gas hog SUV, then perhaps that lifestyle needs to be reevaluated. Any rational person who looks at what is going on in our world today and who does some basic research into the reality of fossil fuels should know that our days of burning up $1 a gallon gas like it was water are [I]over. [/I]They [I]should[/I] have been over back in the early 1970's during the [I]first[/I] energy crisis, but we Americans seem to regard cheap gas as some sort of birthright. So we find that history is simply repeating itself and we are getting to learn the same painful lessons all over again. "Drill here, drill now" is a [I]joke[/I]. It does [I]nothing[/I] to solve the underlying problem, it only delays the inevitable and prolongs the pain. The solution is conservation and the use of alternate and renewable sources of energy. The answers are all around us, we as a nation simply lack the wisdom and willingess to make the necessary changes. [/QUOTE]
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