Quote Originally Posted by redrhodie View Post
But it's not like we're not to blame. This country guzzled oil like a frat boy at a kegger. We ran through our own oil fields decades ago, making us completely dependant on the Middle East, people who really don't care to give us their quicky depleting supply cheaply so we can drive to our mailboxes. Who can blame them. Their oil is running out, too, and what are they going to have left once it is, some sand box you can't grow jack on.

Yeah, the rest of the world is using more oil, but it's because we decided to give them all of our manufacturing jobs, while we (those who lost said jobs) lived off real estate buying, selling and building, and the lending of money. Looks like that was a good plan .
Of course we are to blame, that wasn't my point. My point is that it's getting worse at an alarming rate, despite efforts (by some) to conserve.

The world got wise to the concept of fuel efficiency in the crisis of the 70's when houses became better insulated and cars got smaller. Then, when the economy boomed opnce again, everyone seemed to forget that fuel is a precious commodity that should not just be burned up so that we could drive bigger cars and live in bigger houses further and further away from where we worked.

But what so many people don't realize is that the cost of driving the SUV isn't going to be the issue when gas is $7/gallon. Food is going to be crazy expensive. EVERYTHING is going to be crazy expensive. The amount of fuel that is consumed to create even things like all the components that go into a PC is truly staggering. Cars are only a tiny fraction of the massive consumption that our lifestyles have created. It's sad, really. Depressing, actually.