[gogov]

I use 1 gallon of gas for my round-trip commute to work. If gas reaches $20 per gallon I’ll consider switching to the train.

I put $75 in the tank this morning. At the end of the day I had a little over 1/8 of a tank.

Tomorrow it won't be so bad since it is Saturday. It will only take $15 to fill the gas can for the lawn mower, weed-whacker and leaf blower.

Despite your $4.00 a day habbit, for many the gas prices are a serious problem.

And unless you are completely insulated from the economy, you will feel the effects of these prices in many ways other than what it costs you to get to and from work.

[goldstategop]

There are maintainance and insurance costs for a car. With mass transit you can eliminate those expenses. And of course avoid having to fill up your gas tank. There are areas where you will need a car because mass transit doesn't exist. But in every American big city there is usually a mass transit option available.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[devere]

“And unless you are completely insulated from the economy, you will feel the effects of these prices in many ways other than what it costs you to get to and from work.”

We are all feeling the effects, but the only constructive thing we can do is to keep our own lives in order. In my case that means a short commute to work, and no debt. Until Al Gore is committed to an insane asylum where he belongs, no one will invest the billions needed for investment in U.S. hydrocarbon resources, and oil prices will continue to rise.