My Gas Guzzler

CNN today reported that "W" is lifting the ban on offshore drilling –

"WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush will announce Monday he is lifting an executive ban on offshore oil drilling, the White House said.

The move is largely symbolic because there is also a federal law banning offshore oil drilling. Bush has been pushing Congress to repeal the law, passed in 1981.

Bush’s father, President George H.W. Bush, signed the executive order in 1990."

Just what we need is to destroy our environment so that we can fill our monster vehicles and burn larger amount of it.

Why can’t we wake up and take the efforts of finding alternative solutions instead of continuing to work on the old. When you are in a hole and in trouble…STOP DIGGING!!!

I always loved the July 4th holiday. Family get together, fireworks, relaxing and best of all….taking a trip. When they raised the speed limits from 55mph to 75mph, most drivers would travel at 80 – 90mph and ride the bumpers if you were not driving at the speed they wanted to go. On our latest venture, I noticed an amazing trend, everyone was driving at or below the speed limit.  Most of the semi trailers (if they were not being hauled on a train) were traveling at 70mph. I know that there is a huge savings if you limit your speed and not push the maximum. Many cars were doing the same and driving below the posted speed limit. Funny thing is that when the price of fuel really starts to affect your wallet, you think twice about the importance of arriving to your destination a few minutes early at what it will cost.

One side note, my 2000 Ford Focus achieved a stunning 43.32 mpg on this trip!