Originally posted by Kremithefrog: Originally posted by The Spelling Nazi: I said a bike was one option. And if prices got high enough, then yeah, I'd probably start riding a bike for short trips. Rather than focus on one statement I made, how about actually reading the entire post? Change driving habits, motorcycle, bike, carpool, make your own damn bio-diesel. There are a huge number of things you can do to reduce your oil consumption if you really want to. Most people don't want the inconvenience of the responsibility. They'd rather [censored] about it endlessly and whine for the government to step in and regulate another industry.
The point is that your options really aren't practical. How do you know how much I drive,etc. anyways? For your information I use very little gas, probably less than you do seeing as I mainly drive a four cylinder every day and don't drive far. Sure I can reduce my oil consumption, but I'm American and I want to drive my cars. And I want gas prices to be reasonable, which if you do some research, you will see that oil is overpriced. I pay taxes, our government needs to be doing something, otherwise why do we have government?
To protect you from invasion from another country? 
Jim T.
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