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While it's awesome to save 10 cents on a gallon of gas, if you've got to drive 10 miles out of your way, chances are you're burning up your savings simply by driving back and forth.

The Two Mile Rule states, if safe, you should either walk or ride your bike to any place within a two mile radius of your home or work. Considering these trips account for a significant amount of our driving, you should see a significant savings at the pump and end up in much better shape.

While we're all worried about $4 gas, one of the best side effects is we've started to consume less gas and drive fewer miles.  Here are some of the best tips in order to help keep this trend going.

Now that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has finally hit the $4 mark, it is probably a good time to reflect on how far our perspective regarding the price of gas has changed over the last year or so.

A tongue-in-cheek look at how you can drain your savings $4 at a time.

By raising the per gallon federal fuel tax from a paltry 18.4 cents to 50 cents, the government would raise an extra $60 billion annually to earmark for alternative fuel research and improving public transportation, not to mention the fact it'll help to push us towards maximizing fuel efficiency and minimizing fuel consumption. Seems like short-term pain for a very long-term gain.

Have you ever been told that you drive like a grandma? If so, good for you!

Based on a recent poll, nearly 90% of Americans made an adjustment in their life to help offset the rising cost of gasoline.  Remember when gas hit $2 and everyone freaked out? Remember when gas hit $3 and people started saying they were going to stop driving, but didn't? Well, it looks like $4 gas, in these tough economic times, is the real breaking point.

Some simple tips worth repeating. Maybe if we hear them enough more of us will actually implement them.

As the price of oil continues to increase in the face of falling supplies, don't be surprised if all of the modern conveniences we've come to accept and expect start going away.

In looking at data from the last several summers, the price of gasoline has gone up, on average, over 15% from now through the summer's peak. Based on today's price of $3.53, this would put us above $4 gas this summer.

Does it really matter? If we don't start getting these "new and improved" cars to the market, isn't this just a hypothetical exercise?

Is it the evil empire of Big Oil? The Bush Administration and their policies? The growing economies of China and India? Supply and demand? Nope. Nearly half of those polled blame the Bush Administration.

We all like to complain about $3.25 gas, but has it really affected the amount we drive?  If gas prices are to make a dramatic decrease in the amount of driving we do (thus reducing the burning of fossil fuels, with which we choke our planet) it appears as if they will have to go much, much higher.

Back in 1908, America's best selling vehicle was the Model T, which got 17 MPG. In 2007, America's best selling vehicle was the F-150, which got 16 MPG. See a problem here?