Supply and demand. Most people are not changing their driving habits. Until we say, enough is enough and just quit driving so much, the gasoline prices will be what the market will bare.
Our love affair with our automobiles is just as much the problem as the oil companies greed.
People say, I have to go to the grocery or to school. How many times do you go to the store a month? Could you stock up and go to the store less? Car pooling or simply moving closer to school or work may be the answer. You might not like the answer, but either move closer to your job or change jobs.
Some times the best paying job is not the best job when you take into consideration your driving time, car payment, maintenance, insurance, gasoline, and higher taxes from the better job.
The sad fact is, many define themselves by how much they make and what they drive.
Every green idea sounds wonderful by principle, but ethanol emits worse emissions, raises food costs and produces less gas mileage. My work truck gets 20 MPG with normal gasoline and 13 MPG with ethanol. More expense and worse emissions at the pump as well as raising the corn prices for animal feed, and just about every food product for humans.
It is the same for the squiggly light bulbs. I hope you never throw one in the trash because they contain mercury in them.
I am all for treating our planet with respect. I'm an old hippy who has recycled all my life and plant trees every year, but some of these so called green ideas are ignorant and well meaning folks follow the stupid ideas doing the wrong things for the right reasons.
We need to quit being sheep and start thinking things through for ourselves instead of being misled by people who are interested in making a profit more than helping the planet.
