I do agree with ptquilts. I think they need to put a "luxury" tax on the big SUV's(stupid useless vehicles) and the huge pickups. Other than the middle east, we have the cheapest gas in the world, and what has it gotten us? More vehicles on the road, families having multiple vehicles, very few people carpool, very few people ride public transportation, too many people get in their car and drive down the street to do shopping. I do understand that carpooling and public transportation wouldn't work for everyone, but I've seen the lines of vehicles on the freeways, big SUV's with 1 person in it, you can't tell me that among all that mass of cars, that NO ONE can carpool? Unlikely.
We feel the pinch just like everyone else, but maybe this will inspire people to get all their shopping done at one time and not make multiple trips.