Fighting Rising Gas Prices

The only way to fight rising gas prices is to not buy gas anymore. I'm not advocating pulling up to the pump, filling up our tanks and taking off without paying, because that would be stealing and my Momma didn't raise me that way.

Besides not paying for gas anymore, how about we all have a national stay at home day all across America. Why don't we just make it all across the world. Every truck, recreational vehicle, SUV, minivan, bus, recreational boat, classic car, older car, brand spanking new car, and motorcycle could stay home for one entire day.

Of course this would take some major planning and possibly some national policy that Congress and the Senate and the President of the United States would have to vote on and decree that we all stay home for one entire day. It could be a day when we all join hands and sing songs, and have Bob Dylan himself sing some poetic song that we couldn't understand.

Then it would take leaders of every nation having to meet to talk about this proposal. And they would waste even more gas and time flying to have a national summit while gas prices soared even further. By the time they would be finished talking and meeting and flying and bickering about this proposal, nobody would care anymore. Sounded like a good idea, at first, didn't it?

By staying home more often and using less gas, we could possibly drive gas prices down. That way the big oil companies who are laughing while they throw their billions in the air, and run under them, yelling, " Yea, more money", can't get away with it any longer. With more people using less gas, and therefore consuming less, demand for gas will go down. Then with some magic stardust thrown in, gas prices will come down and stay that way.

Gas prices are being driven, (like the pun?), by you and me. We can't let the big corporate machine of oil companies take us to the cleaners anymore. With gas prices steadily rising, and everything else we consume everyday such as milk, bread, and corn, rising due to gas and diesel prices going up, we have to do something to stop it.

Stop using your vehicle as much as you do now. Stay home more often. Plan your trips and errand running for one time instead of several. Trade in that large vehicle for a smaller vehicle. Walk more often, carpool with co-workers, take the bus, and ride a bike for short distances. Go outside to the backyard instead of going to the beach, or a public park. Plan a stay at home vacation, and only go to places in your hometown. With people driving less, maybe, just maybe, because we are consuming less the big wigs will get a big message from us, saying, "We aren't going to take it anymore."

If that doesn't work, we can organize all over America, to get gas prices down. We'll work in pairs, you get the big ladder, put it up against one of those signs at a gas station, and change the sign to reflect a much lower price. I'll wait in the truck.