One Smart Answer to Pricey Gas? Carpooling

WE are to blame for this so-called gas crisis. Anyone with a half brain has known for years that the days of cheap plentiful oil will eventually come to an end. It is basic math: supplies and production capacity are fixed, while global demand is soaring. There is a huge middle class emerging in China and India that numerically exceed our entire population and those consumers can afford to drive cars now and are doing just that. We need to consume less. We need to give up our lazy wasteful lifestyle and start thinking outside the box. The prez, the Congress, oil and auto companies are not to blame. The less we drive, the less money into the pockets of the OPEC thieves who funnel profits to the terrorists in order to keep themselves in power. I hope gas goes to $5 a gallon and maybe people will wake up and start changing their wasteful lifestyle and start thinking as a community instead of as selfish individuals. I gave up my truck for a motorcycle and get 80 MPG. Gas can go to $10 a gallon as far as I'm concerned. Those who choose to live in suburbia and are tired of paying for commutes from hell should move. Stop whining and think of solutions instead of blaming everyone else.

Ron of FL 12:41PM July 09, 2008