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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:17 PM Original message |
Want cheaper gas? Use less (You won't) |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bullshit. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. What evidence do you have showing that we have cut demand? |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:14 PM Original message |
It seems that you keep starting threads until..... |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
29. There is anecdotal evidence that people are cutting back |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. You like this one? Report: U.S. motorists driving less |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Stats Differ on Gas Demand, Miles Driven |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yep! nt |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Right |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I agree with you. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Last Year We Had the ELECTION YEAR GASOLINE SALE! |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. If it was only the US? I might agree |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. This is Enron, all over again |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. SUPER BINGO!! and AMEN. nt |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Or, just leave your car parked for one day. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Mine is Parked Most Days. I Usually Work From Home |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Want cheaper gas, use less..I CAN"T |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Well the OP is correct |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. so what..never a vacation? |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. There seems to be this "received wisdom" that people are all driving |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Millions are families are going to drive on vacations this weekend |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I see lots of unecesary car trips |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. The City is Full, and the Jobs Aren't in the City Anyway |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. I altered my lifestyle last year |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. A mile and a half from work? Walking is QUITE feasible, as is biking. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Boy that post really rubs me the wrong way. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Well EXCUUUUSE ME for not being fucking psychic. |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. I work OVERNIGHT shift |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I think you know damned well that's NOT something I would suggest. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. I do. I walk to work most days (six miles round trip but have a bike path I follow most of the way) |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. It can't be me. I switched to public transportation last year and only use |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. These Things Take Time |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. This is about using 1 gallon less a month |
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CC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. I put an average of |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yep. After all, it's so much more fun to fly these days. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. Most people I know *are* driving less |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. That could be true |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. We use less, they will just charge more. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. Even in Portland, where it's EASY to live without a car, there was a lot of |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. gasoline and other "essentials" don't fit into a normal supply&demand equation, |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Well they do, it's just that the demand is much more inelastic |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
36. GARSH! I guess Bush was right...I'm addicted! |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. I Drive ONLY to work--walk elsewhere; Want to cut more? |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. I recently took a once every two year trip fro Phoenix, AZ to San Diego, CA. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
43. Gee....I was going to drive to Florida from Chicago in three weeks, for hurricane season. |
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