With the price of gasoline increasing far faster than most budgets are most of us are tightening our belts as the high cost of travel make us consider alternatives.
Those of you that are a bit older may remember back to the late 70’s when gasoline shortages run away prices caused long lines at the pumps. While the times were different then, there are many parallels; a President leader had fallen out of favor public, and an economy that made the purchases of a home and even a car out of reach for many.
These times were tough, and the measures we took to weather the storm were drastic. Back then the best way to limit gas consumption was a two step effort. First limit the ability to fill up to odd and even days, and drop the national speed limit to a paltry 55 MPH. The estimates from the day indicated these two steps would reduce consumption as a nation by up to 5%, an astonishing amount.
History showed the savings in petroleum consumption was immediate and gas prices soon came back under control.
So now comes the $64,000 question How committed are you to going green and reducing consumption? Are you in favor rolling back the speed limit to 55 MPH, or even better how about limiting fill ups to odd and even days?
Would this work now as it did then?
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