Predictable America

This morning, The Today Show had a feature on what an average American family was doing to fit the $3.00 gallon of gas into their budget. They featured parents with two kids who live in a newer McMansion in the suburbs, with an executive dad who works in the city. They were doing things like mapping out their daily errands to make one trip, cutting coupons to save money, and Dad would call Mom from the road and she'd advise him where the cheapest gas in town was through an internet search. Of course, the Today Show reporter never mentioned the obvious --- the primary vehicle the family owns is a four-door Ford Explorer SUV which gets a combined 17 MPG in city and highway driving.

Bitch about gas prices, oil companies making record profits and extortion all you want, but we're part of the problem. Every other car on the road is an SUV. You want gas prices to drop? Don't use so much fucking gas. It's called supply and demand.