.......or shut up about gas prices.
People complain about gas prices these days, but are not willing to do anything about it.
As I sit here in my boring Geology class, here at Stony Brook, I just read a story online about how oil production facilities are being re-opened on the Gulf Coast.
Anywho; it got me thinking:
Why do we all complain about gas, when we're the problem?
Stop driving 75 on the highways, slow down!
Drive 55. I drive 55 on the Long Island Expressway, and other drivers look at my like I have three heads.
At 55, your car gets optimal gas mileage. I drive a 95 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and when I cruise at 55mph, I can pull 23-24 miles to the gallon. Not bad at all.
Stoplights:
Dont slam on the brakes at the last second when you see it from hundreds of feet away. Deccelerate slowly, it saves gas, and when you go on the green, dont accelerate as hard.
If everyone drove smart, stopped pulling the one-person-in-a-ford-excursion moves, and if people stopped coming out to the East End of Long Island in stretch Escalades to vineyard hop like morons,
We'd all have a better time with gas.