Brent_Campbell's Blog

You CAN"T do without it(your car), and they know it...

The problem starts on the local level.....where are they going to find a replacement for the lost of revenue in tax dollars per gallon? If the state would reward folks producing bio-fuels instead of permit & taxing the crap out of them we would have lots of locally produced fuel and a cheaper price.

You guys hit on some good points! Some things I expected to hear. I agree the federal admin., state and local admin. has to change some of their thinking/fees/etc. in order to change what we use and make it feasible. Besides "tagyurit" has anyone else changed their transportation methods due to gas?? Tell me what you did.

I have limited my trips as well. I try to do all errands in one day. When my daughter is out to the community college or my husband is on his way home from work, they sometimes stop and get things we need instead of me making an extra trip out. My daughter's car gets better gas milage then my mini-van, so we drive around in her car when possible. We usually go to PA to visit my family at Easter, but this year because we are going to Washington, DC in May for my daughter's graduation trip, we are going to go to PA on that trip. It will save making two completely different trips.

Thacker is right.....we're nibbling at this problem like a cracker, waiting for it to be finished.....We need to grab this calf and PUT IT DOWN, before it gets to be a bigger, meaner BULL - Wish I had some ideas of how to do it, short of a Boycott, which not all of us can respect, and therefore DO.....Make no mistake, it would have to be long and NATIONAL, and collective...which we all know cannot happen in our Capitalist society.....hospitals, truckers, small businesses, EMTs and Fire Responders, Airlines.....we're caught in our own lifestyle...

I too, believe that it is called "GREED" Brent my husband has a Hybrid, which is great! I have a BMW and for a SUV it is pretty good on gas, better than my prior van, which was a Nissan Quest. I will not give up my BMW, once you have driven one, you almost refuse to drive anything else. I drive it for pleasure but too also make sure that I have several errands and appointments for the same day. I give up other things just to be able to enjoy my ride and do drive the Hybrid some. I would love to be able to afford the new BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid or the new BMW Hydrogen 7 car. The high energy content of liquid hydrogen which is also capable of reducing CO2 emissions by 90 percent this engine runs not only with hydrogen but runs on gasoline too. We definitely need a change for the better! What a sad world! I just pray a lot!

The folks who can afford to live in Martha's Vineyard can afford $4 a gal...it's rough on me!

Alternative energy sources are the answer, but ask yourself this if you were the CEO of anything that makes a profit from petroleum would you want to have a huge surge of alternatives to replace your cash cow? If you want to read some interesting info go to www.fueleconomy.gov and pick a few vehicles from the 80's up until now you may be surprised that in 20 years there hasn't been any huge variations more than a 2-5 mpg increases. Why? if I don't have to put in more technology that what I have to in the past and still meet the requirements of today then the technology stagnates. We as a whole in the U.S. have been focused on luxury and performance up until the cost of fuel increased then suddenly we need a big fast vehicle that gets 100 mpg and we need it now. Americans are just going to have to change or pay the price, when fuel prices increased we still bought just as much as ever and didn't change our driving habits or vehicles and the oil company profits went into the billions. The automobile manufacturers are in no hurry to produce an all electric or hydrogen fuel cell the would virtually eliminate the need for the engine and transmission production plants and all of their very profitable parts and maintenance needs that keep the vehicle going. The change is going to have to come by individuals changing their energy and transportation needs not big companies or government.....if you are waiting for them you are going to have a long and expensive wait ahead.