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[electricland]

So I gather there's some asinine Don't Buy Gas Tomorrow campaign going around. Puhlease.

Break the Chain explores why these things don't work. (Via gristmill_rss, who alerted me to this in the first place. (Oh, and Snopes also has something to say.)

Gas prices aren't going anywhere until the market says so. Deal. Want to save money on gas? Carpool, drive less, take public transit, walk, bike, make sure your car's tuned up and its tires are properly inflated, don't speed, go easy on the braking and accelerating, and if you're buying a new car, make sure it's really fuel-efficient. Yes, some of these are only realistic if you live in a city, but a lot of them are available to anyone.

Drivers, I feel your pain. I do. But I'm also somewhat gleeful: we drive far too much in North America, and anything that'll help cut down on that is fine by me. Also my lungs.

Comments

[scapersuse.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I got that email - didn't bother passing it around.

But like others have said, Waaah-friggin'-waaah if you own a big-arse vehicle you can't really afford and have to pay more for fuel now. Can't say I feel too sorry for those people.

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

Same here.

I want to save my pity party for those of us who drive small, fuel-efficient vehicles that are already paid off... but who are so poor that this constant re-budgeting for gas is leading to deductions from things like groceries. (;

[raithen.livejournal.com]

see, this is where gas prices really matter - because at a macro level, higher fuel prices will push ALL prices up - they are going to cause more inflation, because most products need to include shipping costs in their pricing, and shipping costs are going up because fuel costs are going up.