{"id":222,"date":"2006-05-11T20:41:56","date_gmt":"2006-05-12T01:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devinreams.com\/2006\/05\/11\/no-gas-day\/"},"modified":"2006-05-11T20:41:56","modified_gmt":"2006-05-12T01:41:56","slug":"no-gas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/?p=222","title":{"rendered":"No Gas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Noah<\/a> approached me with an interesting idea: No Gas Day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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It’s simple, try your best to not use gas on May 22nd<\/strong>. That’s the day Noah has chosen. I think that one day isn’t enough, think of it as January 1st: it’s a day to make a resolution. Starting May 22nd I resolve to use less gas. Not becuase I hate Exxon, not becuase I think it’s bad for the environment: it’s bad for me!<\/p>\n

I’m spending an extra $10 to fill my tank than I did last year. I drive enough that I have to fill up every 2 or 3 weeks. Some simple math shows that I’m out over $250 each year because prices have shifted. Economics suggests I need to shift my demand (or supply, whichever way you see it) curve and use a bit less. It really can’t be too hard, I have a free bus pass for goodness sakes!<\/p>\n

I’ve seen a few petitions and things spread around but this is different. This is a blog meme: something that we hope to pass around the internet through bloggers. If blogs are<\/u> as powerful as they say they are then why wouldn’t something like this get noticed? I’m thinking social change here, not a “lets lower gas prices by collectively complaining.” I see this as an opportunity to start thinking differently about usage. So, why wouldn’t every blogger make a little post tagged “nogasday” and spread the idea?<\/p>\n

Seriously, bloggers are (for the most part) very self-centered and are only interested in a) their taffic, b) their earnings, c) theirselves or any mixture of the three. Why else do you think I have the Feedburner button over on the right side of my site?<\/p>\n

My point is this: I wish a few bloggers would see some value in spreading this idea. It’s not an attempt to get the government\/oil companies\/prices to change. It’s an attempt to get ourselves to change. Who deserves a break more than I do? I wish some people out there had some interesting conservation ideas\/tips\/stories.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I’ll be very interested to see if a) enough people would be willing to post their thoughts about this and b) actively resolve to make some sort of change next week.<\/p>\n

Here’s Noah’s original post<\/a> (with very interesting comments) and here’s Derek’s post<\/a> with buttons made available.<\/p>\n

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