Something else I want to get off my chest. My truck is sitting in the same spot it was 2 weeks ago. I refuse to buy gas. Period. I'll bite the bullet up to $2.99, but when it goes over $3.00, I'm done. I do my banking and bill-paying online, so the only time I need to leave the house is to go for groceries. I have a daily ritual of walking for one hour and my route takes me right by the nearest grocery store. If some of the fat-asses I see in the grocery would start walking to the store every day or every other day, the price of gas would come down. On the way home, I do curls and lifts with the bag of groceries, so it is part of my exercise routine.

You have to remember also, that it isn't only the gas you use that affects supply and demand. Everything in your home, your business and your vehicles was brought to you by a TRUCK. That means that as fuel goes up, EVERYTHING ELSE goes up as well. The truck owner is forced to pay more for diesel and must pass the additional expense on to the consumer (that would be you).

So, you have a choice. You can continue to placate those who profit from oil or you can rearrange your lifestyle and become more independent. If you still have to travel to get to work, consider a ten-speed bike or at the least, a 125-250 cc used motorcycle that will get 60-80 miles per gallon. Afraid of being killed in traffic? Take alternate routes where there is less traffic, slow down, leave a little earlier to go to work. There are ways to adjust to high fuel prices folks, you just have to think outside the box. Or you can just keep driving your guzzler and putting up with it.