Stop Telling Me 'This is a Good Thing'
I was reading an article tonight on CNN about "10 Good Things About High Gas Prices". The thing I keep hearing is how people are taking much more advantage of their public transit system. Whoopdee freaking doo for me.
Ok, let me say something--I live in a small midwestern town. We don't have a Metro or subway like DC and New York, and there are only about four months out of the year where we can actually ride a bike or walk to work without freezing our ass off. So, what the hell are we supposed to do in Dayton, Ohio? Oh yeah, we do have the RTA (public bus), but it completely sucks. If I want to take the RTA to work there is a stop by my house...three blocks from my house. And, I'd have to get up about two hours earlier than normal to get to work on time. I barely get enough sleep as it is, so I don't think so.
So, my only real option here is to drive to work. I consider my car rather economical, though not as economical as my last one. I have to drive. Period. I have no choice. If I need to get to work and college (which are 20 miles from each other) I have to have a car. It's that simple. I just want someone else to step up and say "This is ridiculous. I can't stop driving--it's just not feasible". I truly feel like we're heading backwards instead of forward. Maybe next week we'll be riding horse and buggies and have no electricity. Seriously, a lot of good all this new technology like the 3G iPhone and Wii and super-flat screen TV's if no one has any money or energy to power them. What is this world coming to? Shouldn't it be getting easier instead of incredibly harder?
That's my rant. Thanks for your time.
I say we need to start drilling for oil in our own country and build a couple more refineries. they have not built a new one in something like 20 years. Hey guess what there are more cars on the road now than there where 20 years ago! How weird is that? :-/ I just don't think its rocket science people. That's my rant.
