high gas prices

Those trendy Californians… Recent jumps in gas prices have seemingly driven them [sic] to adopt a new chic habit: letting their cars run out of fuel on the highway. Allstate has announced that the number of Californians running out of gas on the highway jumped 17% in the first 5 months of 2008 compared to the same time period in 2007.

 A useful little tip about the truth of your vehicle's actual Mile Per Gallon rating. 

Most people have probably never heard of the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) maintained by the US department of energy currently housing more then 727 million barrels of crude oil. The reserves were originally created to mitigate future petroleum supply disruptions during the 73-74 oil embargo. With the oil embargo long past the reserves now seem rather foolish.

Gas prices hit $3.73 a gallon Tuesday, prompting American roads to become less traveled, at least by car.

Chairman Markey's closing statement at "Pumping up Prices: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Record Gas Prices" hearing in which he calls onPresident Bush to use oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to offset rising fuel prices.

If we are all outraged by gas prices these days imagine how airlines are feeling. Rising fuel cost has gotten so bad that the largest expense of these airlines is now fuel so they are taking action. Believe it or not they are doing more than cutting flights to save fuel; they are trying to lose weight.

I hope the price of gasoline and oil doubles in the next year. Actually, I hope it increases 1000%. Why? Because super-inflated gas prices may be the only thing that wakes North America up to the need for renewable energy and social change.