High Gas Prices-Complaining or Conserving?

Due to the high gasoline prices, are people Conserving, looking for ways to cut back, alternatives to the mainstream ways of doing things in transport(bike, walking, sharing rides, public, cuting back on non essentials for gas) or are you just complaining about oil companies, the war, Bush, the government or the rich?

 

I'm doing what I can, but I'm pretty limited. I live in the suburbs and work in the suburbs, so I don't have the access to public transportation that people who live and work in the city, or who live in the suburbs and work in the city do.

I also cannot carpool. :cry:

I have a Nissan Sentra - a car I absolutely hate for many reasons, but it's a gas saver and I'm gritting my teeth and holding on to the car because getting the car I really want would be foolish at this point. It just cost me $46 last night to fill up my 11 gallon gas tank.

Bend over, America. :cry:

 

sad, i thought chicago was a big city, most easterner and westerner coastal cities have suburbs out to the burbs, i ddint know Chicago didnt.

why cant you carpool?

think we bent over long ago by not livng wisely, close to work, stores, etc as our families in past did

 

Our suburbs are only starting to get a bus system. At least the suburbs I live in and near....

I can't carpool because no one else lives near me. I live 17 miles from my job. And unfortunately, my job is in a "higher end" suburb and therefore between rent and daycare costs, I can't afford to live in that suburb. So, I'm stuck where I am.

Also, I have to drop off my daughter at daycare every day (something I never had to do before my marriage ended), and it's a crapshoot when I can leave the house in the morning to drive her to daycare. I'm supposed to start work at 7:30 a.m. and now aim to get to work by 8 a.m.

But, I try not to drive any more than I absolutely have to, and try to do chores around work at lunchtime, or during non-rush hour times at night.

 

yes, i am glad to hear sadly, that there are people who cant really make many changes do to where they live and are forced to do what they do.

so many other people here in philly tend to choose not to hop on the train or buses, refuse to carpool because they dont want to be around and share with other people, however complain about gas prices.

I, rather than complain about it, change my ways--which our lifestyles created this mess

thanks for sharing

 

Huh? Did you type this pap with a straight face? Were it not for Bush, his idiotic and pointless war in Iraq, his ridiculous deficit spending that turned a budgetary surplus that he inherited into some of the biggest deficits in history thereby decimating the value of our currency, the administration's energy policy that eschewed any research into alternative sources of energy and reinforced our dependence on foreign oil, and the spineless, complicit members of Congress from both parties that allowed him implement his "brilliant" agenda (including the deregulation of the financial industry which is allowing speculators to profit by needlessly driving up the price of oil even further in the international commodities market) we wouldn't be in this fucking mess in the first place. Yeah, I've adjusted my lifestyle to deal with the rising gas prices, food prices etcetera, but if you think that it is somehow wrong for me to and any other rational person to take the politicians who have failed the American people with their disgusting corporatist domestic policies to task, then you are out of your goddamn mind.

I don't understand people like you. The guy is complete and utter failure as a leader, and this administration will easily go down as one of the worst in history, yet you still have the nerve to accuse anyone of who criticizes his blunders (or successfully implemented policies that screw us all anyway) of "whining"? Pardon my vulgarity, but fuck you. People like you are responsible for the mess this country is in now.

 

Whoa, pump your brakes there, he said nothing about not holding this administration, and politicians in general accountable for their actions that greatly contributed to the current economic difficulties. He simply said are you "JUST" complaining, or are you taking action, which would include more that just railing against Bush and co. but actually getting involved with politics, local and national, are you taking action to conserve resources, are you taking action to increase your income through multiples streams of income ect. While the government certainly deserves much of the blame for this mess, it is certainly nothing new, governmental red tape and incompetence are as american as apple pie, usually the best progress and solutions to problems comes from private individuals. Remember, when financial times are rough for the majority, the financially literate minority are making a killing. Wall Street Journal fact, the net worth of the top 120,000 people in this country is greater than the bottom 180 MILLION. That is not an accident.

 

I'm sorry, but I reject that characterization of his post. Of course people have to adapt in order to survive. Do you honestly believe that the majority of people out there who are in dire financial straits because of the current energy crutch haven't adjusted their lifestyles and cut back on luxuries to make ends meet? Considering the nonsense that I've read from him in the past, I view his post as a condescending and rather inane attack on anyone criticizing the administration for the current state of economy and the energy crisis. The notion that there is any significant number of people who have chosen to "complain" at the expense of any consideration of changing their routines so that they can continue to feed themselves and pay their bills is laughable to me.

As for the rest of your post, this government hasn't been very "incompetent" when it has come to implementing policies that have redistributed wealth upward and ravaged the so-called middle class which I'm not sure even exists in more in this country. This doesn't come from the inherent corruption or instability of the institution of government. On the contrary, governmental ineptitude comes from apathy on the part of the electorate. The reason that the top 1% of the population gets to wield a disproportionate amount of influence over the government is because the rest of the population lets them. It's our job to make the government work for us rather than just throwing our hands in the air and saying "it doesn't work perfectly, so screw it." IMHO before you can facilitate change, you have to diagnose the problem. That's why it's import to be critical of current events, especially when things are as bad as they now.

 

It seems we are in agreement here, we the people, need to be the solution by getting involved. I would argue that the "problem" has been well diagnosed, being critical is important yes, but it must be backed up by action or imho, it is just cursing the darkness, not lighting a candle.

I would also say that the average person has no idea the depths of the fiscal corruption of the government and their agents, (i.e. the Fed) and just how high the cards are stacked against the average american in creating legacy wealth.

 

I am making my best effort to get off the oil tit. I hate the politics of oil.

I had a little 49cc Honda Met that I just traded in for a Vespa GTV. My car hasnt been out of the garage for a good while. I only have to take it out when it is raining heavy (as I cannot see).

Grocery shopping on a Vespa....

 

fly,

is that your little dog in the pic?

 

thank you loki, i did ask a question for each to answer about conserving or just complaining about the issue--i didnt say Bush was or wasnt responsible for gas problem.

flygirl: that is awesome, i live downtown Philly and people are moving to the vespas by the week. I am a cyclist and out of the box since my college days in the 80s, so, i too rarely drive my car-only for weekend jaunts in the country and shopping.

but walking, biking and public transport is my way of life

 

Nope. Sorry. But it is a cutie!

 

hahaha awesome!

 

:smt043 :smt037 :smt043 :smt081 :smt043

 

Uh yeah, back to the topic. I am combining errands and just bought a motorcycle. I had planne on buying one before, but the gas savings is an added bonus.

 

I dont care what anybody says...that sh*t was funny. lol.

 

I get 32mpg and make almost 400hp, putting in 91 kinda burns, but there are some folks in SRT Community including myself working on a E85 Tune.

Even more power (about 25%), about the same mileage (when you compare it to 87 octane since it cost less than ANY GRADE of FUEL).