Americans are ranting and b-tching but there are a lot of advantages to these high gas prices:
1. Less traffic on the road, as Americans cut back on non-essential travel. This also means less pollution.
2. Some people are driving a lot slower to conserve gas. There are still a lot of people who speed up to get to a red light 100 feet ahead, but at least some people are easing off the gas pedal.
3. Traffic-related deaths and auto accidents have fallen dramatically, for those first two reasons given. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_re_us/gas_declining_deaths
4. It’ll force Americans to get off their lazy butts and walk or use public transportation. It’ll also force them to carpool more.
Considering how recklessly many Americans drive, I’m not so sure I want to see gas prices come down. When I consider how fast people some people are driving even with these high gas prices, I’m not sure I want to see gas go back to $1.46 a gallon like it was 7 years ago.
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dont eat beans.
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want to know.
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Also, if your local plant is a coal burning plant, would the extra electricity use equate to increase coal emissions? Where is the green benefit in that? Where is the money saving benefits?
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I work from home, but I only use my car every other day. I sometimes walk to the grocery store which is a mile away.
I also set the cruise control in my Ford Focus on the highway and leave it there. I go about 60 mph, but I still see people blowing by me, going 80 mph in a 65 mph zone (which is not only a stupid waste of gas, it’s also risking a ticket).
I still see people speeding up to get to a stop light 100 feet ahead. I had one guy cut me off the other day to do this. He was driving about 5-10 mph faster than me as we were driving through city traffic. 5 blocks (5 miles) later, I was still even with him and honked/smiled at him as I passed by while he was preparing to make a left turn. He knew why I was smiling.
Why aren’t Americans driving slower to increase their gas mileage? Why do people always feel they need to be going 10 mph faster than the next person? What’s an extra 10 mph of speed gonna get you unless you’re driving from Anchorage to Miami?
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A high gas tax would be an incentive to conserve gas and oil. THis would help kick our dangerous oil addiction and total dependence on very unstable and nations that hate us. So would you welcome a federal gas tax of $2 a gallon if in turn income taxes were reduced by an equivalent fiscal amount? After all, high income taxes just discourage entreprenership and business incentive.
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In trying to conserve gas this Summer, yet be able to drive without roasting to death, which is the better gas saving option?
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i just go when i absoutely have to go. i keep the right amount of air in my tires, i keep my car tuned, i dont do like some of these kids do, they get on the road and smoke tire and race. i dont start out fast. this gas thing, especially diesel has raised the prices on everything, like food and clothing.
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which is better to conserve gas: driving at a low speed using the highest gear or driving at a low speed using the lowest gear?
please explain 
thank you!
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Ride a bike with a basket on the back.
Comes in handy for store runs.
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