How's the price of gas in your town? Up to four dollars a gallon yet? It will be. Are you annoyed with politicians pointing fingers to say it is someone else's fault? How about the proposed solutions? They range from lame to stupid.

Let's get down to plain talk: We are using up a natural resource that will take millions of years to replace . At the same time, We are polluting the earth and making ourselves sick. We have many technologies to replace oil and gas. There are cars that run on waste cooking oil, cars that run on ethenol that is made from corn. We can tinker with the steam engine design. Personally, I am holding out for a hybrid that combines a rechargable battery with solar power. There is always the bicycle, or the horse. We have to get around somehow. Roller skates? Those new sneakers with wheels in the heels? We could redesign our cities so that We live near a hub that contains most resources within walking distance.

Just follow the money. Someone, some people are making a lot of money using up the world's resources while fueling our cars and ruining the environment that makes us sick. We have wars that kill people, both sides dying, just to control oil resources. Cynical me thinks that will never change. In the meantime:

The Federal Government could take away the excess profits from the big oil companies. The Federal Government could nix those obsene salaries for CEOs. Both of those monies are way out in left field and are generated on the backs of the small town blue collar worker...and the rest of us. The Federal Government could use the money from the oil companies' excess profits to offset the Federal TAXES that We pay when We buy gasoline. The Federal Government could remove Federal taxes from gasoline...still be fiscally responsible...and the price of gasoline will go down...while We save to buy a new hybrid.

By the way, did you know that Brasil is totally free from gasoline? Their vehicles run on ethenol generated within the country. That's what I heard on the radio.