"cybercat" > wrote:
>
> "kilikini" > wrote
>> Thanks! I wish we had a smaller car, but there's no way around it. He
>> needs it. We really suffer on our trips up to my doctor's office; he takes
>> a day off of work and what we spend in gas (because my doctor is 5 hours
>> away), he would have made up for at his job. It's like we doubly lose with
>> gas prices and loss of income. But, what are you going to do?
>>
>
> You'll get better, get a job, buy a little car. Problem solved.

Well, maybe not solved. Her husband still needs the SUV and needs to drive it
long distances. I'm sure he'd still like cheaper gas. A little car would help on
the nonwork driving, as long as the costs don't exceed the savings in gas.
That's where the "but what are you going to do?" comes in.

I wish the people that really don't need to be burning a scarce commodity
didn't, so it wouldn't run up the price for those who do need it. Sometimes the
greatest burdens fall on those least able to cope with them.

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