Last night, my daughter became very upset when the focus of the newscast she was watching on ""increased gas prices" was not how to be more economical but how horrible it is that we are not buying more gas guzzling large vehicles. It is fun to watch her mature into a wonderful young lady with strong beliefs and.I have to agree with her. Our answer to higher gas prices is complaints but it never seems to mean much long term gain in our battle against our gluttony for cheap oil and gas.
Here in the United States, we have fought many wars and have supported many iffy governments because of our dependency on oil. First, I believe very strongly in supporting our troops who sacrifice their lives for our country but I do think we need to look at what we are sacrificing in order to have cheap fuel. During the Gulf Oil Spill this summer, I heard a statistic that really bothered me from a national security standpoint. We use almost 25% of the world's oil but yet we only control 6% of the world's oil. To me, that is a very scary figure knowing that oil comes from many countries who are located in volatile areas (like Libya, the Middle East and Venezuela) and benefit non-democratic governments. Now, I know all of our oil does nto come from these places but a good percentage does.
First, we need to look at our individual consumption. I did a few articles on hypermiling a while back. You can search my blog for them. They had some great ideas on how to increase your MPG by adjusting your driving techniques. Most of all, we need to realize as a nation and a world that the oil and natural gas reserves will nto last forever. We need to look at how much that gallon of gas is really costing us.
Here in the United States, we have fought many wars and have supported many iffy governments because of our dependency on oil. First, I believe very strongly in supporting our troops who sacrifice their lives for our country but I do think we need to look at what we are sacrificing in order to have cheap fuel. During the Gulf Oil Spill this summer, I heard a statistic that really bothered me from a national security standpoint. We use almost 25% of the world's oil but yet we only control 6% of the world's oil. To me, that is a very scary figure knowing that oil comes from many countries who are located in volatile areas (like Libya, the Middle East and Venezuela) and benefit non-democratic governments. Now, I know all of our oil does nto come from these places but a good percentage does.
First, we need to look at our individual consumption. I did a few articles on hypermiling a while back. You can search my blog for them. They had some great ideas on how to increase your MPG by adjusting your driving techniques. Most of all, we need to realize as a nation and a world that the oil and natural gas reserves will nto last forever. We need to look at how much that gallon of gas is really costing us.
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