The mentality of consumers continues to amaze me. Maybe P. T. Barnum was right! Forget all those conservation promises. Stop thinking about independence from foreign oil. Quit talking about off-shore drilling. Get that old SUV out of mothballs. "Happy days are here again." *
Race from one traffic light to the next. In this down economy when no one has any spare cash, mash that gas pedal and burn that rubber off those tires. If your family owns two cars, be sure to drive 'em both. Don't plan an itinerary so two or more can ride together. That would save fuel.
Think about this. The drop in oil prices resulted from just talking about reducing our reliance on foreign oil during the presidential campaign. Imagine how low the price of oil would go if we actually put a drill in the ground and had the guts to do the things we talk about, like conserving energy, building new refineries and nuclear power plants. Oh! And driving sensibly.
* The theme song of the "Great Depression."
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