I have had numerous conversation with my mother, a woman in her 60’s and she is aware that prices for gasoline are going up. The recent decision by OPEC to reduce daily production by over 2 million barrels will make this happen much more quickly than we would all like.
In response to this, my mother recently purchased several 5 gallon containers to enable her to buy gas at today’s lower prices for use in the future as prices increase. This was a very interesting idea. However for the small amount of savings she is going to achieve, it may not have been worth the effort. In addition, there are some risks in storing and transporting it.
The important thing to me was the fact that she is taking action. Being proactive to be smart about her gasoline usage and realizing that the momentary reduction in prices is just that.
While I believe my mother would like to purchase a more energy efficient vehicle. The additional expense is prohibitive due to the fact she is on a fixed income.
We all need to be proactive in our gasoline usage. Plan our trips, drive at slower speeds and have routine maintenance done so that our vehicles are operating at peek performance. Eventually we all need to move to alternative and renewable fuel vehicles. However, until then… we all need to be proactive like my mother.
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