[Dad was my hero]

This is what aggravates me about all this talk about oil imports. They recently passed a bill extending daylight savings time to begin in 2007 claiming it would save 100,000 barrels of oil a day. How much could we save if tens of millions of people only commuted half as much as they do now? In other words leaving your home to drive to work maybe 5 out of 10 workdays instead of the 10 out of 10 we do now.

[RegulatorCountry]

" How much could we save if tens of millions of people only commuted half as much as they do now?"

How much would we save if all the various municipalities would just sync their traffic signals to allow a continuous flow into commuter destinations during the high-traffic "window," and away from these destinations at the end of the day? Some cities are better than others, but most are a nightmare.

I've honestly begun to believe that all the self-defeating progresso-fascists intentionally snarl commuter traffic with irrationally slow signal timing, in the mistaken assumption that they're fighting "sprawl."

[Myrddin]

My commute is 34 feet. I had to buy a battery charger for my car to keep the battery from going dead. I only fill the tank every 3 months. Everything that matters from a shopping perspective is within 2 miles from my house. Special purchases are done via the internet (Amazon/Barnes & Noble). I don't like the high gas prices, but they principally impact the cost of mowing the lawn of late.