America's Dependency Part 3:

I wanted this part to come out sooner but hey I moved and that will be my excuse so without further delay:

Each time I go to fill my car up with gas I just cannot believe that I am so dependant on car companies and oil companies to provide me with the transportation I need to get around town. Yes I could use public transportation, but with two kids that can be a problem. Instead why can’t there be alternatives that consumers can use? GM created an electric car in the early 90’s that was great, and what happened, they bowed to the pressure from oil companies and the government to dissolve their electric car program and destroyed almost every model. Sure there are hybrids out there, but are they really the answer to the problem? Not for the long run, there needs to be other alternatives for everyone to get exactly what they want and need. Who knows if that will be a hybrid, electric car or some other unforeseen vehicle of the future. Unless consumers start to make some noise about oil prices and affect change the oil companies will continue to make money hand over fist to the detriment of America and other countries.

One of the more clever protests that I have seen recently has been the Nude Bike Ride to protest oil dependency. I think the protest originally started as a protest to environmental concerns, and has progressed to include other items as well. For example in Brazil they were protesting air pollution. Ironically many of these protests do stem from environmental issues, caused by cars and the oil and gas that helps them go. Now I might be as free as some of these people who are willing to ride nude through the middle of town, so what other choices do we have to show our displeasure of how high oil prices have gone. There is always the option of having one day per week that nobody would by gas. We could try to run all of our errands at the same time so that we do not have to go over multiple days. Then we could always write to our local congress person to let them know how we feel. After all I think I read somewhere that they consider one letter to count for 10,000 voices. How powerful could your voice become?