Reply #21: The OP suggests that we cut our consumption of fossil fuel, [View All]

and although I agree with the sentiment of that, I don't understand where people see the practicality in it? I have a car, I must drive to get to work, I must drive to go to the store for food to feed my family, as gas prices soar I have to make choices to deny my family things in order to survive. Think if it was easy to cut consumption it would have been done already. Price increases hurt the poorer among us more then the wealthy i.e., rich people can adjust to gas price increses. What would be fair is the government control the oil and distribute, ration it with cost based on net wealth in other words If I pay $3 per gallon, Oprah should pay $3000 per gallon, Tom Brady should pay $1500 per gallon etc....

The true problem is that politicians and the oil companies have enslaved us to fossile fuels and none seem willing to create alternatives. I will gladly give up my fossile fuel existance when cheap alternative energy sources are available.