The ‘fuel crisis’ is starting to bother me. Not any particular side, more specifically, the constant bombardment of ‘should be/could bes.’
Cut the gas tax?
People want to cut the tax money that goes towards road maintenance?! Who knows how much of that actually gets applied to that need, but I maintain, it’s a necessary evil.
Stop driving?
I’d be the first to ride my bike to work if that were possible. While a 35 mile bike ride each day, twice a day would be a great workout, the consequential 4 hour commute would be rather tedious. Busses and trains don’t exist for most of us, and the monorail is only a frivolous dream (unfortunately.)
Conserve?
Carpooling? A great idea. Public transportation? Fabulous! (if such a thing were actually relevant to 95% of the population)
My personal favorites were the ‘maximize your fuel efficiency’ tips that were on our local morning news program last week. Within the same segment they suggested that in order to receive better gas mileage one should turn off the air conditioning (which makes perfect sense- it is a bog on the engine,) –AND- keep your windows rolled up to reduce wind resistance.
While I’m all about conserving, I’m not about to sit in my dark blue car with the windows rolled up and the air conditioning off on a humid, 90 degree Cincinnati day so I can get another mile per gallon.
In the end, I think we have to own up to the fact that we missed the boat on public transportation development and pay the price.
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