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One other solution - Use your power to choose[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#7)
by Anonymous User on Tue Jul 18, 2006 at 07:22:31 PM PDT

As hard or impossible as it seems, a great percentage of Americans can take reasonable public transportation. Reasonable being that it doesn't double your commute time or involves numerous transfers. In my case, as in hundreds of thousands, it means getting up earlier and taking a train, then a shuttle or bus. It adds 15-20 minutes eachway but if that's all I can do to reduce demand, it's not bad. The effect on oil/gas producing companies would be instantaneious by corporate measure. It reduces their profits, reduce pollution, less wear on vehicles and us. Vote on Republican or Democrat lines? How about vote for us - make it an issue as big as tax hikes, stay informed, monitor your senators and representatives. We actually do have a way to "pass on the cost" - even the taxes we pay for public transportation will pay for themselves if we make better commuting choices. And I'm not advocating "don't fill up for a day" that's NO help. Using available public transportation, you'll fill up once a week or twice a month. If enough people take public transportation for a month or two each year I'm willing to bet we won't see Exxon or any of the oil/gas goliaths reporting record profits. Their executives just may have to scale down. Gee, breaks my heart.

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