Inflate your tires

I've been trying to stay out of the political race. I already know who I'm going to vote for so there's no use in being further ill-informed by the joke that is mass media.

However, I heard about McCain bashing Obama for his statement that we could save fuel by properly inflating our tires. Yes, this wouldn't make much of a difference but its not the only fucking thing he suggested. It is a step towards a positive way of living and bashing statements like that is extremely ignorant and represents everything wrong in this country.

We need to build plug-in hybrids and use more wind/solar. Yes, offshore drilling will help our problem temporarily but we'll eventually be in the same boat again. We need the oil crisis. We need a shock to our system that makes everyone say, "Hey, why the fuck am I driving this huge gas guzzling SUV that I don't need when I could drive a smaller car for half the cost?" As soon as someone has that thought, they start thinking about the other wasteful things they do. I've been hearing a lot about plastic bag bans all over the world, more people are riding bikes, more people are exploring their local communities and buying local produce, more people are buying smaller homes that are closer to work. Do you think most people would care about this stuff if oil/gas was cheap again? The economy is the driving force in changing people's minds. I say make gas more expensive. Remove the oil subsidies (that we're paying in taxes!) and uncover the true cost that we're paying at the pump. Without oil subsidies, gas would be $10 a gallon. Take them away, give us our tax money back, then we can let the free market decide what kind of cars should be produced.

We've been going down the wrong path. The only thing we can do is head back (no matter how painful it is) and take the turn we should have taken in the beginning.