Indigestion
I’m having a little gas problem….
It’s almost at the $3/gallon point now–give or take a little from place to place. Our local stations were circling around $2.57 over the weekend, and are right around $2.75/2.83 today. And they’re saying it could go as high as $4 a gallon. Four dollars!
What are we to do with astronomical gas prices like that?
Well, we can try to save gas. Some tips are more reliable than others. It’s just surprising at how effective “gentle” driving can be–not having a lead foot for fast starts and sudden stops.
In fact, we should really get that message out. Somebody should make a bumper sticker/magnet that says “Slow Down! Save Gas $” or something like that . . . It would encourage people to slow down (which, having seen all sorts of crazy driving is something that would only be a good thing), by being a little reminder to our fellow drivers as we travel down the road. And maybe it would make them think twice before they snottily breeze past those of us trying to drive responsibly . . . you know the kinds of drivers I mean. The ones who pass you for going 30 mph in a 25 mph zone, or who wale past you at the first opportunity, giving dirty looks over their shoulders. Don’t they realize they’re being obnoxious as well as wasting that precious, encreasingly-expensive fuel in their gas-guzzlers? (Because, these people are usually driving either a large SUV or a sports car.) We’re really doing them a favor by encouraging them to slow down, and would being responsible really be so terrible?
What can we do in the meantime? Well, Montana’s govenor wants to convert coal to drivable fuel. That’s not as crazy an idea as it would have sounded a couple months ago.
At least Rachel had some good news–their house survived, even if their neighborhood didn’t. My mom’s friend is safe, though we’re not sure exactly where she is, but according to an e-mail her daughter sent, she and her husband are in one piece, with their RV. I feel so terrible for the able people who weren’t smart enough to evacuate in time. (Some people, of course, weren’t able to, and that’s terrible for a whole ‘nother set of reasons.) I understand that with all the boy-cried-wolf, disaster-weather forecasts that turn out to be just, well, storms. Hurricane Fatigue. But . . now they have to go and rescue the people who chose (note I said “chose” not “had no choice”) to stay because they didn’t believe the forecasts. Sad all around.
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The gas prices are going up everywhere! Same here in Singapore too.
Glad to hear that the shawl and your feet survived the wedding
Gas. In the UK we’re at £1 a litre though not sure what that equates to in gallons/$. I think the problem is society has come to see having a car as an essential as opposed to a luxury now. People complain about public transport over here but if more people utilised it then there would be more money in the pot and services could be improved. Catch 22 situation. Remember seeing something on TV about a woman who drove to her nearest supermarket (2 minutes walk from her door) and it took her about 10 minutes to do so - stupid or what? Hoped you liked my doggy pic?
i think here we are paying over $7 a gallon… i heard the other day that some vast percentage of car use is for journeys under 2 miles - and that if we would all just walk or cycle for those short journeys, it would be the equivalent saving of taking 5 million cars off the roads in the UK.
the trouble is, we’ve all come to see our cars as necessities rather than luxuries - and over-using them dreadfully.
like anna we also are paying astronomical prices for petrol. we are around $5.50 per gallon would you believe!