F... gas prices

[Daseal]

Folks, get used to the rising gas prices. It is a non-renewable resource, and a relatively rare one at that. We were lucky for a bit when we were one of the few countries guzzling gas down -- but that's changing. With both China and India working towards making themselves more developed, they're using gasoline at an alarming rate. It's all supply and demand -- the problem isn't the Gasoline -- the problem is that we haven't invested in R&D for technologies outside gasoline.

I don't consider myself an environmentalist. I think that you should take simple steps to not ruin the earth and cut down on pollution, but gasoline will only go up (for the most part) from here.

PS -- Like Lady Brave's husband, I work for bread guys fairly regularly. Most of the work I do is for Pepperidge Farm bread. The guys make solid money (20% of each loaf sold / bag of stuffing -- most of them it equals out to a bit more than 100K / yr), but there are a bunch of expenses in that (Truck, Gas, Handheld, etc). Their gas bills are absolutely insane right now. They're still begging me to give them vacations, but a lot of them just want to sit at home without waking up at 2am for a week.