On the issue of gasoline, consider these facts.

With less than 5% of the world population, the United States currently uses 28% of the world oil produced. Our share of total world oil reserves is less than 3%. Given current estimates of the total amount of world oil remaining, current use, and the projected growth in (future) use, it is easy to prove we would be out of oil in less than 38 years using a simple computer spreadsheet. We won't actually run out of oil - it will get increasingly more and more expensive, doing increasing damage to our economy.

According to the most recent data on world oil reserves, the tiny country of Kuwait alone has 96.5 bb (billion barrels) of oil. For comparison, our share of the worldís oil reserves total just 21 bb, and that includes large fields of oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and off the California Coast, which have been "off limits" due to environmental concerns. Who owns most of the oil? Saudi Arabia has 261.5 bb, Iraq has 112.5, United Arab Emirates have 97.8, and Iran has 89.7.

Over half the people buying new cars today purchase a vehicle that costs 2 to 3 times more to fill up with gas than a car that would serve their needs (but not the current vehicle fad).

Foremost climate change experts now confirm that our climate is beginning to change rapidly. The evidence increasingly points to human influences as the cause. The consensus of opinion has been growing in both the scientific and business communities. We face a critical situation in that to slow future change, we must take action now. Because of our past and current activities, we need to learn to live with the consequences - more extreme weather, rising sea levels, changing precipitation patterns, ecological and agricultural dislocations, and the increased spread of human disease.

These are important facts to know, for us and for our childrenís future.

See www.TheEnergyGuy.com/IssuesSummary.html for the references to these facts (available online from mainstream sources).