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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.

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[claris.livejournal.com]

I actually drive a Kia Sportage in LA - however, I also bought it when I was dealing with New England winters, so I'm not like, say, the fucking H3s that park all over the place in this city. My car gets about 20mpg overall, which isn't bad for an SUV at all, but I just paid it off, um, yesterday (no, literally!) and I'm already looking to see how much it'd cost me to pick up a used 2000 - 2003 Jetta, and I'm looking for a 5 spd. because they get better gas.

Of course, if LA had an effective subway system...sorry, I can't even finish that sentence w/o laughing, never mind...