UCAN

If you're at the gas station filling your tank and you're upset that the price is too high, and you're looking for someone to blame, look in the mirror. The reason the price of gas is so high is because demand is high, and the supply is shrinking. It's because everyone refuses to stop driving. Stop complaining and blaming everyone else and take some responsibility for yourself. Don't just get out of your car for a few days, sell it. If you want to get out in the street and protest, then trying walking or riding a bike.

Actually, gas prices in the U.S. are kept artificially low, as the costs of bringing it to your gas tank are highly subsidized. We need higher gas prices to encourage alternatives. But what will it take to get people to change their habits? Four bucks a gallon doesn't seem to reduce driving, it just increases the whining.

Oh, you say you don't have any choice but to drive? I say B.S. If you live in a car-oriented, mega-mall suburb, that's your own choice. You can choose to live somewhere else where you're not so automobile-dependent. Real freedom is about having choices, and choices come from having alternatives. Living in a car-dominated culture where people are forced to drive because there's no other infrastructure is tyranny. And it's killing us. The car-oriented, suburban lifestyle is unsustainable The real answer is to change this infrastructure, to change this culture, before it's too late. And if you live in the city and you still drive everywhere, then stop. You want lower gas prices? Spend your lobbying energy fighting for public transportation. And get out of the car.