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There is something to be said to supply and demand folks. Good grief, how high ARE the gasoline prices going to go? Just the other day I WAS paying 1.72 for a gallon of gas and now it is ALMOST 2.00 per gallon for REGULAR unleaded. If you use medium octane or high octane you are paying OVER 2.00 per gallon for gasoline. Are we motivated to car share yet? What about taking the bus to work instead? Can we say telecommute? Our friends at OPEC are sitting in a very nice place. They hold their finger on the pulse of how much oil leaves the middle east and depending on how tightly they are holding on to the spigot depends on how fast our collective wallets empty out. I put 10.00 worth of gasoline in my car this morning and got a half of tank of gas. I paid 1.91 per gallon for unleaded gasoline. How sad is that people?

How about those HYBRID cars that are coming out now folks? Gasoline engines with electric power plants that suppliment the type of energy source that is available to the engine. Can we say 29+ miles to the gallon for a mid sized passenger vehicle? How many years did that take to happen? If you ask me it took way too long. When will planet earth run out of OIL? What will we do then? I think that it is high time that we spend some of our hard earned CASH on figuring out how to solve some of our social problems here in America and quit throwing it away on worthless endeavors. Yes, I think that it is cool that we can explore the galaxies and spend billions of dollars on computerized telescopes that can view planets that we have never dreamed existed but at what cost to humanity here on earth? Would those billions of dollars be better spent on figuring out how to feed, clothe and house the homeless people here in America or perhaps taking care of veterans of foreign wars perhaps?

Well, that is my rant for the day. If you feel the same way I do feel free to leave a comment. Heck , even if you disagree with me feel free to comment about that too. I certainly do not have all the answers but I do feel that WE collectively should do SOMETHING about this and that. If enough people make enough noise and vote with our resources (cash) then perhaps changes can be affected for the good of humanity.