How are you handleing $4.50 gas??

I ride my Harley everywhere.  Traded my Dodge Intrepid for a Prius that gets 45-50 mpg.  I call it the golf cart.  Park the Chevy S10 as much as possible at 18-22 mpg.  I've got a Corvette that I filled-up last week (3/4s of a tank) for $70.  I get it out on Sunday's.  I love to take road trips.  The only thing I have planned this year is on the motorcycle. CB 

Gee....I'd kill to get gas for that price!

Up here in Canada - near Toronto, Ontario - we pay about $1.30 per litre....but I have to buy premium for the Caddy...so I paid $1.41 yesterday -- when converting, I think it's 4.5 litres = 1 Can gallon (160 oz)

In the US I think your gallon is only 128 oz, so there is a variation on sizing....but when you do the math - I paid $6.34 for a gallon....

Sad really...love my car and always considered the cost of gas as a commodity ie like air which I need to breathe, I can't do anything about those costs....just need gas is all...

But I am thinking now maybe about using the Harley for all my running around instead of just Sat morning rides...

1 US gallon = 3.785 liters (round up to 3.79) $1.41 per liter x 3.79 = $5.34 Cdn per US gallon for premium $1.30 /ltr x 3.79 = $4.93 Cdn/USG for regular current exchange $1 US = $1.03 Cdn $5.34 Cdn = $5.19 US per US gallon for premium $4.93 Cdn = $4.79 US / USG regular still way high.... but not quite as high as you originally thought

Riding my Harley more  to work   rode 3 days last week.

I agree that we need to start developing alternate sources of fuel. In the mean time however it seems to me there is a fairly simple solution to all this. If a person does the math it is obvious that the US is getting a major screwing on oil prices. The rest of the world is in a food shortage. With food being valuable to the rest of the world and oil being valuable to us it makes no sense to turn food into ethanol or bio-diesel. We need to get serious about trading food for oil. Another problem is the use of plastic. We use millions upon millions of barrels of oil per year just to make plastic bottles. We either need to seriously back off the use of plastic bottles or we need to get real serious about recycling them. 

I hear a lot about making and using more electricity. I don't really think using more electricity makes a lot of sense because using fuel/energy to make fuel/energy doesn't really add up. There are some who argue that it is cleaner because the cars wouldn't be burning fuel but the problem is the electricity plants burn energy to make the fuel for the cars and the more that is used to power cars the more fuel they are going to burn and thus the more pollution they are going to create to supply the demand. Nuclear plants create solid waste pollution that is a real problem to deal with so there is a big issue with that also. 

Bottom line is we need to get serious about using our energy wisely and we need to get serious about recycling.  

I make my own lunch to bring to work. My wife and I drive her economy car on the weekends and not use my truck. I search on the net and look for cheap gas in my area.

I bought a 400cc Suzuki last year when gas prices got to $3/gal.  I use it for all of my work commuting and other errands (and the occasional weekend ride!) That alone saves me about 200-300 dollars a month.  It's my little way of stickin' it to the man.

I parked two cars and got me a scooter to ride to work, 80+ mpg.

Gas is $3.99 in NE PA. I just traded my large SUV that got only 15/mpg for a small car that gets 24/mpg in the city and 34/mpg highway.  I also live in a rural area and have to commute to work in the city.  Fill ups were killing me.  Now they are not so bad.  I will miss the 4 wheel drive capability, but I actually kind of like driving a regular car now. Also, I just replaced 80% of the light bulbs in my home to the energy saving bulbs (you know the twisty ones).  My electric bill dropped by $20! I am also considering trading my wife's 6 cylinder for a Honda Civic 4 cylinder. I travel a lot outside the country.  Although our gas is more expensive than it has been, it is much cheaper than most places.  I have also noticed that most taxies, buses, and many trucks use natural gas.  I'm not sure if is any cheaper.  It is just an observation.

Gas is certainly more expensive in a lot of countries than it is here but, when you compare apples to apples it isn't hard to figure how much the US is getting screwed. The US has an average flat tax of .47 cents per gal, while the average Euro tax is 60% on the gross. Huge difference.