Gas prices are about $4.50 per gallon here in my area of California. Ironically, some nation's largest oil refineries are located less than 30 miles from here in Martinez. Go figure.
I've heard talk that gas will top $5.00 per gallon before summer's end. I can't decide if I should be completely pissed off or elated: Pissed off because BushCo is raking in as much cash as he can for his oil cronies and himself as he ticks off the days on his calendar until he is finally evicted from the White House. Elated because maybe, just *maybe* people will finally realize how much crap and pollution we're pumping into the environment while making our enemies richer than their wildest dreams.
Whatever your stance, we all could do a little less driving and a little more walking. We all could use practice planning trips and creating carpools. We can combine errands to reduce not only pollution, but alleviate traffic congestion as well.
Is it all really that bad?
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Here petrol costs $11.50 per gallon. It is crippling our family budget. There is no alternative for us to get to work without spending close to 5 or 6 hours per day on an inefficient and unreliable public transport network. Holidays, Sian's riding lessons, everything is shooting up in price because of the rocketing price of fuel. We are already using the car only when absolutely necessary but just the commute to work is costing more and more each day. EVERYTHING is costing more as transport costs for food etc go through the roof.Heating costs are set to increase 40% later this year. I do not know how we will manage . So here it is bad, very, very bad :(
I think that Americans are much more wasteful than Europeans. I don't think we're doing everything we can on our end to economize (yet).
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