Americans' love for cars on the skids | Chicago Tribune

Maybe, just maybe, Americans are beginning to realize that their relationships with their cars are sick, to say the least, and for more reasons than just one.

Recovering must be a process, but one of fairly rapid change. Ask Americans to sacrifice sonething for the purpose of making things better, not worse.

We, the people are going to have to step up to the plate, and make changes for ourselves, and the country will follow. I have given up on leadership from Washington.

People who can take the exercise healthwise, need bicycles for exercise more than they need to curb their gas consuption, from what I hear. Add the two together, and start peddling.

Sell your SUVs while there are still people stupid enough to buy them.

Insist on more R&D money on electric cars, solar energy and other ways of becoming energy inpependent and and more aware of the climate and our planet in our decision making. (one of those ways is government sudidizing of energy efficient cars for those who cannot afford to make the trade, and continue to pay the bills they already have for life maintenance; shelter, food, medication, healthcare, clothing, top notch education and so forth, and not through stupid tax cuts that will not benefit low income workers anyhow.

Insist on cars and trucks with double the current gas mileage and get with the stiff polution controls.

Begin to make smart investments locally. Don't spend or by stock with companies that are behaving in ways that violate your conscious.

I could go on and on, but I leave the rest to the reader. In the coming age, there will definitely be diifferent strokes for different folks, because their climate, location and needs are going to be different.

Good God, Almighty, do we have no comon sense at all?

Americans' love for cars on the skids Chicago Tribune:

Americans love their automobiles, but not as much as they used to.

Nearly 7 in 10 drivers enjoy getting behind the wheel; the rest think it's a chore. In 1991, nearly 8 in 10 said they liked driving.

The biggest reasons: traffic and the behavior of other drivers. Only 3 percent point to high gas prices, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center.

The new poll's results were consistent among drivers of cars, pickups and SUVs.

Some of the numbers: (interesting survey)