Comments on: Stop Yer Bitching About Gas Prices And Change!

By: bob tallon

bob tallon — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:28:04 +0000

We deserve the high cost of energy we are getting what we have reaped. Drilling for 2 or 3 more years of fuel is just like a dope addict saying this is the last time I’LL shoot up . A military dictatorship like Brazil is energy independent because they have not lost their minds to addiction.They made the right moves in the 1970′s to be energy independent. We have been warned the end of cheap energy is coming for 40 years by many sources. We could reduce our addiction to fossil fuel but we lack the will. We are great at drinking beer,watching TV ingesting viagra, demanding our rights like bunch of sheep crying to our political leaders most of whom are alined with the corporations that control most energy. As long as we worship the corporate advertisers and their messages there is little hope this will change anytime soon. Do not look for help from our goverment the cure will come from small businesses, single individuals, non profits ect. the technlogy has existed 50 for years to
diversify and expand our energy portfolio. This is something we all can take the blame for putting our heads in the sand.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:04:27 +0000

Fuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh…………. Teachers are always the bitchiest of the bitchers. Why don’t they go get a real job, selling coffee or waiting tables so they can REALLY bitch? [BTW...I hate those folks (baristas and waiters) too.]

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:31 +0000

If I remember correctly, you can have amazon ship your purchases all at once, instead of separately, as they become available. There is just one little place to click while you’re checking out.

Amazon prime rocks (saves gas AND time at nasty places to buy stuff that you just HAVE to have but hate going to AKA Wally World for a new blowdryer because your old one died). As does living simply. Love this blog. Had to check it out because I’m sick of people bitchin’ about gas prices.

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:20:49 +0000

Bitter much, Melinda? No, wait, don’t answer that: I don’t want to waste my time reading the inevitable whining about how hard your life is and how you can’t afford the therapy you so obviously need.

Frankly, your first mistake was becoming a teacher. It’s readily apparent you don’t have the reading comprehension skills to distinguish between a list of possible ways to save money on gas and a pronouncement of rules to live by. (I won’t even bother to comment on your hideous grammar.)

Secondly, you pretty much summed up why your problems are ongoing (and will continue throughout your life) when you wrote “I refuse to quit my job to make 9 bucks an hour and be in the same situation.” You see, Melinda, that stubbornness is tantamount to saying “My life sucks but I refuse to do anything about it because it’s going to suck anyway.”

See how ignorant you sound? God help the children in the state of Missouri where you teach.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:26:12 +0000

WTF??? Your little “solutions” can’t work for everyone. I am a teacher, first year….The only job I was able to get is 40 miles from my home, I am unable to sell my house, not without trying, and am unable to relocate closer to work. I have bought a little honda, only drive to and from work, and still pay about 100 a week in gas. I am unable to car pool because of my job hours (sometimes I stay late, early, meetings, etc.) plus almost nobody from my neighborhood travels that far in that direction. There are no bus systems in this city and the train is just as expensive/if not more. I am not rich and I don’t have a rich daddy so I cannot afford to drive to my own job. I have to cut back on necessities such as food (and that is difficult recently finding out that I am pregnant), I freeze in my house in the winter and my husband does all he can to help pitch in, but he has to pay for his gas to work as well (he works 39 minutes in the other direction). It is easy to say get another job, but that is easier said than done, especially one that makes the same or more salary. I refuse to quit my job to make 9 bucks an hour and be in the same situation.
Before you tell people to stop bit(&(*^& about gas prices, maybe you should know what you are talking about and maybe you should realize that not “every” situation is easily fixed with your “perfect little solutions”. Not everybody lives in a fairy tale land with little biscuits and gum drop dreams like you. Maybe you should do something productive with your life and find a “real” way to solve the problem of rising gas prices or come and build my city a f*&^(^ subway system by hand!!!!!

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:37:35 +0000

Kate,

I’d do a lot of the things on that list but, frankly, I don’t feel like it.

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By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:25:07 +0000

That sounds exactly like something VH would do.

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:23:45 +0000

Who said anything about having more babies???

Working from home definitely does help, doesn’t it? It’d be nice if more employers would make that possible for employees.

A friend pointed out another good solution: push for city ordinances that allow for mixed zoning, then purposefully patronize businesses that set up near residential areas. The more opportunities we have to walk between home and needed services and stores, the less driving we’ll do. It will help save gas, and it’ll help with our “obesity epidemic”, too.

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:31:37 +0000

I agree with getting oil from our deposits and cutting down on agricultural oils, which are just driving up the costs of people food and animal food.

But you might want to try this method for saving money on gas. My husband employs it all the time. We switch cars a lot, because I have a Prius and he has a Yukon (only because we need to be able to pull a horse trailer). So, whoever is driving the farthest that day gets the Prius. His tactic to save money? Whichever vehicle he gives me is always empty, so I pay to fill it up. He saves lots of money on gas, plus doesn’t spend time at the pump. Yes, we’re living happily ever after.

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By: angelweave

angelweave — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:14:47 +0000

“Have more sex” – babies are more expensive than gas. I promise.

We are fortunate enough to both work from home during this whole gas mess. That’s another good suggestion – work from home whenever you can.

hln

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