Sticking it to big oil

It's 75 degrees out this afternoon, and it was difficult to tear myself away from the deck, but this is important.


Gas prices are on the rise again, with the price of groceries and every other commodity sure to follow. (Except airline tickets, they will continue to cost what we paid in 1980, but that rant is for another day.) This is about Big Oil (B.O.), and how we bring them to their knees. The thing about B.O. is that once it takes over it's hard to get rid of.


While filling up my car this morning, I overheard some people laying out a plan for sticking it to B.O.. It seems that all we need to do is to not buy gas for one day. Simple enough. This ruse will somehow lead B.O. to think that people will no longer need their gas, and not to the conclusion that the following day would produce record sales as we all refueled on the same day. I think that this plan slightly underestimates their intellect, or as President Bush puts it, misunderestimates it.

Now, if the plan was to actually abstain from using gas for a day or two, then that may have an impact. If we all road a bike for a change, or joined a carpool, or quit our jobs and sat in the sun instead of driving, then B.O. would have something to think about. As it is, they know they have us over a barrel, as does OPEC. We're the only ones that don't get it yet. Our jobs are going overseas to the cheapest bidder, so we can continue to pay walmart prices, and pretend for a little while longer that things aren't so bad.

The collapse of the housing market is the tip of the iceberg; soon we may be forced to make the changes that we are unwilling to make voluntarily. Once B.O. is so overwhelming that we can't take it anymore, there is no choice but to change ourselves and make a fresh start without B.O.
Who doesn't want to live without B.O.? Make it so number one.