What Can Be Done About High Gas Prices?

There are some things that the federal, state, and local governments and businesses could do to provide some relief in the wake of our high gas prices. In many cases they could:

1) Offer employees the option of working four 10-hour days a week.

2) Offer employees the option of telecommuting.

3) Use teleconferencing in lieu of business trips, whenever possible.

4) Postpone temporary, out-of-town, assignments until gas prices come back down to a reasonable level.

There are also things that we, as individuals, could do as well. I'm not trying to tell anyone else what to do, but here are some things that I plan to do until further notice:

1) Turn my automobile air conditioner lower or all the way off while driving.

2) Postpone all vacations and out-of-town trips.

3) Eliminate all eating out.

4) Make one trip to the grocery store each week. If I run out of supplies before the end of the week, tough! I'll just have to suck it up.

5) Leave my car at home and "hoof it" for all trips of less than 2 miles.

6) Other than for emergencies, basically just put myself under "house arrest" and drive only to work, to church, and to get groceries.