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GASSED UP

I paid 4.57 a gallon for gas this morning.

I don't like it, personally, but I am all for it publicly.

We have been getting a free ride folks.

My friends in France and the UK pay twice what we do and look at our situation with great glee.

After all, we are finally joining the great world market.

And market forces are doing this.

Supply and demand.

We use more and more each year. The Hummer society.

Now we are paying for it.

In the end, it is my opinion that only 7-8 dollar gas will have us face reality and cut down on wasteful use of petroleum. We will ride buses and trains. This is already happening in LA.

It is the only thing that will work.

Nothing in any politician's energy policy will save us, and the world, from asphyxiation. Only the market itself.

Of course there are some alternatives but not for cars.

The plug in vehicle plugs in to an oil based generation system. Maybe wind will do it. Or nukes. But probably not.

This is the first symptom of global warming that is eco-regulating.

The world is taking action where we will not.

Yeh, I know that's a stretch. But if we won't quit burning fuel, the world will just stop us from taking the fuel out of the ground.

I really do not mind paying the right amount for gas. I am not entitled to a fixed price.

Neither are you.

Labels: ecology, environment, global warming