{"id":1076,"date":"2006-09-21T16:03:42","date_gmt":"2006-09-21T23:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/2599\/"},"modified":"2006-09-21T16:03:42","modified_gmt":"2006-09-21T23:03:42","slug":"2599","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/2599\/","title":{"rendered":"$2.599"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s what I paid for gas today. During the summer I cut back my travel as much as I could. I grouped errands onto two days a week, rather than running out every day. I let the car sit as much as possible because gas was at least $3.199. I drove slower, and took my time accelerating. I did everything I could think of, short of not using the car, to cut back on our gas bills.
\nIt pains me that the oil companies raise the costs like that during the summer. I know we are a free market society. I understand the concept of supply and demand. I suspect that I’m not the only person who cut back on their driving, and it had to have an effect on the number of gallons sold this summer. Perhaps that kept us from having $4.00 a gallon gas, or more. At least, I hope it did.
\nIf it weren’t for our exercise class, and the occasional fabric shopping trip, and going out to dinner, I believe that I could live a hermit’s live. I could shop once a month (I think), and stay put at home. I’d miss the contact with people, but I’d keep in touch with my friends via phone and computer.
\nI was delighted to hear that Richard Branson, owner of Virgin Airlines, has pledged a BILLION dollars in alternative energy research<\/a> through the end of this decade. I know that he hopes to fuel his airplane fleet with a new energy source, and that he believes that cars and trucks will be able to use it too. I also understand that he will make a lot of money off this new product. That’s okay, as long as we break the hold that petroleum has over us, and we work on cleaning up the Earth.
\nThere have to be a lot of innovative people working on this problem. Why aren’t we hearing more about their work?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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