Your point is well taken Brian, but to most here this is still how daily life is. Maybe it is an indication that there is still easy conservation fruit to be picked, I don't know. But still, to get to work most will still need to get into a car. They can go slower, and they can share the ride - but they won't until they absolutely have to. And how would it be enough?

"If the ave American family can't drive 40000 miles a year it will be the end of civilization."

I'm reading this article in the San Jose Mercury News about the prospect of $4 gas. Some of the comments are interesting:

"This is ridiculous," said Laseanna Halsell, 20, a medical administrative assistant as she pumped six gallons in her 1993 Buick at Moe's Gas Station on McKee Road in San Jose for $3.24 a gallon, a cost of about $20. "I heard about $100 a barrel or something on the news. Cost of living is high. Gas is high. It makes no sense."

Regarding the discussion of how much the per-barrel cost of crude translates into the price at the pump:

"The current situation is very troubling," said Sean Comey of the California State Automobile Association, adding that the rising cost of crude "probably hasn't been completely reflected at the retail level.

"So, as bad as it is now, it's likely to get worse."

Yeah, if the ave American family can't drive 40000 miles a year it will be the end of civilization. There is no pleasure that compare to the pleasure of driving my SUV at 70 mph. Pity our descendants who will not know such unbelieveable ecstacy. All the hours sitting in traffic jams is pretty cool too. Thank God for the invisible energy slaves.

I know there was sarcanol there, but riding a motorcycle is SO much better than riding in an SUV. Well, unless it's raining, or snowing...

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