So they want me and all my friends to use less gasoline huh? They must tell me why we should. Do they think our driving less is going to save the planet? They should think again.

I have an alternate scenario for them, but it involves economic development and intelligent use of resources. Do I have your attention yet? If so, just read a little farther.

First, it's common knowledge that we can fuel internal combustion engines with fuels derived from sources other than petroleum. We certainly don't have to burn the food supply to do it either. Ethanol and methane for use in powering electrical generation and transportation can be created from wood scrap, trash, brush, algae and sewage. Wind, water, sun, they're all right at hand. I don't need them to give me those stories about "not economically feasible." Make it economically feasible you slackers or just admit that you're open-mouthed quacks, naysayers and charlatans lacking ingenuity and drive.

And just to carry this rant a little further, let me tell you about just a couple petroleum-based products which we could manufacture using base materials other than oil. This might be tough though, there's only about 6,000 of them. You see, only about one half of every 42 gallon barrel of oil goes into gasoline production. The rest is used for manufacturing purposes. Did the anti-gasoline fascists neglect to tell you that?