DISQUS

wtdaTim · 1 year ago

For real... I remember gas being $0.89/gallon when I started driving. I agree with you, we need to drill for our own oil... and I need to get a bike.

Jason · 1 year ago

Yeah I'm depressed too.

AndiGW · 1 year ago

let's face it. driving cars is over. it was fun as long as it lasted but that was bound to happen.

stevenleopold · 1 year ago

I think every one should use their Government Stimulation to invest is an electric scooter or at least a motorcycle. Then it would be cool to ride a Vespa.

stevenleopold · 1 year ago

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Andrew · 1 year ago

let's just go back to riding horses, and carriages.
the only reason why the technology of cars was pursued was because the poop from the horses was causing too much polution. Irony, anyone?
I think so.

chriS · 1 year ago

hey there, i'm 23 these days, and i only started driving when i turned 20. But before that, i would ride my bike everywhere or take public transportation. i'm thinking of investing in a bicycle and taking that to work, even if i need to leave for work and hour early.

Angie · 1 year ago

I agree with everything you said. It is hard for us who don't live in an area where the answer is simple, take public transportation. We don't have that option. And when the gas prices go up and are continueing to rise, so does everything else. I for one am tired of eating Ramen 3 times a day because milk is so high cereal is like a luxury now. It's only a matter of time before the dollar menu becomes obsolete and we are all at home eating Ramen. I don't understand why we don't find alternative ways to find oil instead of just dealing with the Middle East. My dad told me that he heard on some news program that it is relatively easy to make gas out of coal and that there is more coal in the state of West Virginia than there is in the whole world, and for us Virginians, we know how the majority of the people in WVA are unemployed, i don't understand why they don't employ the state and make the gas, and save the USA eventually. I don't know how true the whole coal being converted into gas thing is, i didn't see he program, but i think we should be exploring these options instead of just coping. I for one, cannot afford to cope much longer, i'm almost at the point that i would be better off quitting my job and getting welfare than i would be spending the money to get to my job. And i don't have that much of a commute.

Ty · 1 year ago

The real answer lies in innovation and finding energy that doesn't rely on the oil countries. It's a non-sustainable and quickly-depleting resource anyway. When we stop buying their oil what will they have? Sand. They can keep their sand and we'll be running an economy on something cooler like chlorophyll. (Not that that would work at all - lol. Just saying that we need to find something a lot more sustainable and leave the OPEC nations with nothing to show for all their market manipulation and power playing).

Fred · 1 year ago

Just one more complaint... How about those bands who rely on touring in a gas-hording van (usually towing a trailer) on those summer tours that I loved going to when I was younger? Gone are the $5 shows because those bands need more money just to get to the next town. Me = very glad I'm not a touring musician, but glad there are those who will make the sacrifice.

angie · 1 year ago

Speaking of bands, you know what else sucks. Living in Va, when all of the big name bands only come to D.C., 5 hours away, ticket prices are high enough as it is, but now you can't afford to drive to see the show because it would cost you more to get there than it would for a ticket.

jordan far-less · 1 year ago

Yeah no kidding about the bands thing. I guess I know from firsthand experience about that one. That is certainly a big reason why far-less can't tour right now.

greg almodovar · 1 year ago

i want to move to your area, gases are hell over here in california. its almost up to 5 dollars around here and i dont even drive (just yet) it makes me scared. i dont even have a job either, and with the 5 dollars per gallon its sure as hell not encouraging me to get a job. id be spending half my check to gas up the car with my hypothetical minimum wage job. -_-

just my thoughts

greg
ps he is legend rocks

wtdanate · 1 year ago

yes, He Is Legend rocks, and so does Far-less.