OK, I guess I'm outta this discussion. Anyone who can't see the value of common sense (not radical) conservation, at least from a personal financial standpoint if not the bigger picture, has got to be living in some outer dimension. For every $100 we now spend for gas in the new car we would have spent $300 before. It doesn't take a math major to see the advantage and that's $200 that doesn't go into the petroleum industry's pocket. It's also $200 worth of gas that doesn't need to be pumped. It's a win/win strategy.
Carl...the reason gas is so damned expensive in all those other countries is TAXES man. TAXES!!!! Not market pressures. They pay the same basic price we do for crude oil. Their governments are the ones ripping the folks for the additional profit (taxes).
And as for Rush Limbaugh, the only thing keeping this country from turning completely socialist right now is (and has been for sometime) talk radio. The guy's a blowhard and at times an ass...but you owe him a debt of grattitude whether you know it or not. He and others like him make it their jobs to raise the hell WE should be raising, but instead we keep relatively quiet while we work at raising families and making livings.
The Vocal Minority will nearly always ride roughshod over the Silent Majority and that is demonstrated year after year by the incredible goings on in this great nation.
See ya fellas.
