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Kim K.
Where are we going?
June 17th 2008 21:03
Not very far is the answer to the question. Like most Americans, I've cut back on my driving because of gas prices. Three small kids in carseats calls for a larger than average car, so I'm very limited on my options for cutting back on costs. I went to fill my gas tank today and like the rest of you it makes my pockets ached to see $80 drip into the tank. It's like pouring 8000 pennies off the side of the grand canyon. Then we went grocery shopping. Corn (and therefore corn related food) is rising in price because of the combination of weather related issues and the brilliant idea to start using it as a fuel additive. I would have liked to be at the meeting where it was decided to take a food that is used to support other types of foods and burn it in our gas tanks instead. Why couldn't they just come up with a way to make filet mingon into fuel? In the long run, it would probably cost less to the American economy. In all seriousness, why don't they come up with a way to turn dandelions into fuel? I've got enough in my yard to run my own car for a year. My wild lawn would finally be the golden envy of my sodded neighbors.
The clowns running for the presidency claim to have plans to increase fuel efficiency and/or find alternate sources of fuel. Wow! That sounds like a great idea! Lets just ride out these insane prices until we are all broke and maybe by the time my 4-week-old has a license there will be a better way to drive. Of course, I'll have no money left to buy her a car.
Better yet, let's play the blame game. Its Bush's fault right? Or is it OPEC? Maybe its "big oil." You know whose fault it is? All of us. Its the way we have let things run for the past century. The trading process, the importing process, the increased need for fuel because of our way of life...
Even so, you can't tell me that there isn't a better way to run a car out there. We have not only learned to fly since the "modern" engine was invented, but we've flown to the moon. We've sent craft to Jupiter and Saturn. We've invented the computer and turned it from a room sized object intended for large scale projects into a tiny sliver that fits in your pocket that you use for entertainment. Where is the technology to make a better engine? I'd rather have an engine that runs on nothing than stupid iPhone for god's sake!
Come on inventors, I'll be waiting by the sidewalk with a bag full of dandelions.
The clowns running for the presidency claim to have plans to increase fuel efficiency and/or find alternate sources of fuel. Wow! That sounds like a great idea! Lets just ride out these insane prices until we are all broke and maybe by the time my 4-week-old has a license there will be a better way to drive. Of course, I'll have no money left to buy her a car.
Better yet, let's play the blame game. Its Bush's fault right? Or is it OPEC? Maybe its "big oil." You know whose fault it is? All of us. Its the way we have let things run for the past century. The trading process, the importing process, the increased need for fuel because of our way of life...
Even so, you can't tell me that there isn't a better way to run a car out there. We have not only learned to fly since the "modern" engine was invented, but we've flown to the moon. We've sent craft to Jupiter and Saturn. We've invented the computer and turned it from a room sized object intended for large scale projects into a tiny sliver that fits in your pocket that you use for entertainment. Where is the technology to make a better engine? I'd rather have an engine that runs on nothing than stupid iPhone for god's sake!
Come on inventors, I'll be waiting by the sidewalk with a bag full of dandelions.
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