Wow. This is an amazingly stupid idea. You're going to use just as much fuel but you're doubling (or more) your trips to the gas station. More opportunities to buy more crap from inside the story. I'd not be surprised one iota to find this stupid chain letter is being distributed by BP themselves.

Go Bio-Diesel.

You know-if I could get an inexpensive car that would run on moonshine, and I were allowed to make moonshine, I would be all over it.

That's incredibly stupid to the point that I don't understand how people buy it. You're still using the same amount.

Yep, your friend needs to find a second form of transportation if he can. We let that Durango set most of the time. We probably only put 4k per year on it.
Makes me Crazy when I see a soccer Mom in a Range Rover yapping on her cell phone. She probably would not know how to put the thing in 4 wheel drive if she needed to.

I'm supposed to believe that minivan's are better for the enviornment because of their great gas millage compared to and SUV:

Minivans:
Ford Freestar 17/23
Nissan Quest 18/26
Chevy Uplander 17/25
Toyota Siena AWD 17/23 Frnt 19/26

SUV:
Chevy Equinox 18/24
Chevy Tahoe 15/22
Chevy Trailblazer 15/22
Ford Freestyle 20/27
Ford Escape 20/26
Ford Exploreer 15/21
Ford Expedition 14/19
Nissan XTerra 16/22
Nissan Murano 19/24
Nissan Pathfinder 15/21
Toyota Highlander 2WD: 19/25 4WD: 18/24
Toyota 4 Runner 16/21
...

The numbers are not that far as minivan's don't really get good gas milage either.

As someone mentioned, "then don't have more kids then you can afford". I have only one kid, with another due in the next few weeks. It isn't an issue for me. But, hey, while you try to insult me lets just ignore the fact that with having to have all kids in car seats until they are 7 means that if I wanted to take one of my sons friends somewhere with us after the other baby is born, I would need to waste more gas because instead of being able to take them in one vehicle (I don't have an SUV or a Minivan), I now have to take 2. There are tons of situations where that can come up, no car pooling for families with cars to little league...

But hey, as someone said, I'm just stoopid.

Nice concept but it wouldn't work. Eggs spoil, therefore if nobody buys the eggs, they go to waste. They would lower prices to make some money off the eggs rather than have them spoil and bring in no money.

Gas doesn't spoil..the Refinerey's can wait on us as long as we can hold out..which isn't very long.

Wouldn't I burn more gas by having to drive to the gas station more often? The not buying anything but gas thing was a good idea, but then I have to drive more and go to Wal-mart for my cigarettes... thus using more gas.

I don't like eggs anyway.

The only current solution!! For those that can afford it, go electric, ALL electric.

For me it would make sense. I sold my old Honda Accord, which still got me 23-25 MPG, about a year ago. The interior and electronics were freaking out, but the engine was still solid.

My wife drives a minivan, Pontiac Montana, gets 21 MPG or so. That is the primary family vehicle. I have 3 kids, 1 still in a carseat, and sometimes do need to carry all of them with me, plus the Mrs. as well, so a sedan wasn't a great option, though it was an option. So I went with the mid-size SUV, a Chevy S-10 Blazer, which gets me about 17-18 MPG. I often have to carry stuff around that doesn't fit in a sedan's trunk, so this was equally important in the small SUV or 4-door sedan choice.

I certainly could change our habits with the family trips, and only use the mini-van for all of us. Also, the oldest is nearing 16, and will be driving himself often. So if I switch to a small all electric for myself to and from work, or occasional trips with 4-5 of us, this could work great. I would have plenty of time to plug-in and recharge, so it's not terribly inconvenient for me.

I am seriously considering this, have been since last summer. Cost, however, is a problem. So for now, I'm gonna start biking to/from work at least half the time, and leave the car in the garage. I almost did this last summer, then the prices started coming back down. Sadly, carpool b/n me and the wife is not possible, our schedules do not align to make this possible.

They also make it in 4 whell drive but it won't pull a trailer of any kind. The transmission won't take it.

Forget about this stupid chain mail crap. Better yet put some damn clamps on oil companies such as Exxon that just gave their CEO that retired a 92 million dollar pension. Yes I know all of you republicans out there will say NO because that is the american way and people that are in those type of positions should get all that they can.
But then maybe everytime that you fill your own tank maybe you will ask yourself "Am I paying for his pension and other pensions of oil giants or is this really what $72 a barrel equates to? Better yet ask your government why countries such as South America only pay 12 cents a gallon. Maybe they are the real training ground of terrorists or there are a bunch of rag heads that love snortin coke.

If a profit can be made from selling eggs at 60 cents a dozen, why didn’t the guy go out and buy some chickens and go into business.

Hell it would be a win/win situation for him, it would provide him with free eggs, an income, fertilizer for his garden and a chicken in the pot.

I have the answer to the South American gas price, it's there own!! Does everyone realize that Venezuela's main export is oil, 80%, and that the U.S. is their main consumer? Does everyone realize that their economy has slumped by 10% in the last year due to the U.S. lagging in purchases of oil? Do you think it's because we are being gouged? Don't ya think that at this time when oil prices are rising due to increased fears of transport during our invasion of Iraq and the threat of Iran that it would be a boost to South America that we purchased more oil from them, our neighbor, to compensate for this price gouge?
Can I get an AMEN!!!???

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