Rant and Rave about...GAS

No, this is not a post about my friend Christina and my missing of the toxic fumes (Though I do miss her - that's her in the pic in Chicago). This post is about the price of gas and how I am just tired of hearing people complain. $3 a gallon is still a reasonable price when compared to other industrialized nations that don't even blink at over $6 a gallon. Gas prices when subjected to inflation were seriously underpriced as it was.

Quit complaining. Ride a bike. Get your local government to develop efficient public transportation. Carpool. Move closer to where you work. Lobby the car companies to build more fuel efficient cars.

Lots of countries have fuel efficient vehicles. There is no reason for Americans to drive huge cars other than because we need a place to put our big American asses and want to show off how affluent we are. No wonder other countries despise us.

Check out these websites. They can help you put your bitching and moaning to good use:

http://www.roadtodetroit.org/spreadtheword (The big convergence has passed but you can sign a Clean Air Car Pledge.)

http://www.jumpstartford.com/home/ (Ford is the auto industry's worst manufacturer for fuel efficiency standards and greenhouse gas emissions. In April 2003, Ford announced that it was breaking its promise to reduce SUV emissions by 25 percent by 2005. Tell Ford they suck and we aren't going to take this anymore!)