Please join my family as we start a grass roots movement, The Great American GAS OUT! Are you tired of rising fuel prices? Are you tired of fuel price increases causing food prices to increase? Then join us! It seems that most Americans will only protest if they feel something free is being taken from them! Come on people, see the light!!!!!!! If we don’t stand up and make a group effort to change, nothing will happen. My girls and I plan to only use our bikes if our trip is inside city limits. 
We biked 1/2 mile on Monday, and then we biked 3.7 miles (round trip) today! If my chunky bootie can bike that far, what is stopping you???
Today, we received waves and people helping us travel safely! It was so nice! I feel like we are already making small changes… I love it! If we go to coops tomorrow, we will bike! If we can’t make it I still want to try to make it to the library!!! WooT!
My button isn’t ready today, but it will be by tomorrow hopefully. I am doing my due diligence because this graphic will be printed onto shirts for me and the girls! We are looking at selling some tees and putting all proceeds towards more environmental changes!
It seems like people today are too complacent. We need role models from the 60s and 70s. Let’s have sit ins and peaceful rallies! Do it in the name of your families! There are so many out there right now that are loosing everything they have because of gas! Let’s do what we can to stop this before it happens to us all!
Spread the word!
Tags: change, GAS OUT, no gas, protest, rallies, sit ins, trash politcs
May 14, 2008 at 5:30 am
I aplaud your efforts. You are saving money and the enviroment too. But, you posed the question “What’s stopping you?” Well, being 62 years old, having had to back surgeries and a serious illness in the past and also, not having a bike. I just hope you will be safe out there. The people in cars like to harrass the ones on the bikes. I’m sure you have seen a lot of that out there already.
May 14, 2008 at 9:15 am
Obviously I didn’t mean absolutely everyone could. There are exceptions to everything. My big deal is that it is ridiculous that people don’t do SOMETHING. I understand you have injuries preventing bike riding, but you don’t go driving all the time either. KWIM? I know people that will crank up their cars ten times a day just to drive five minutes. I am going off on one of my tangents and saying people should really try this IF they can. The gas prices are ridiculous and NOTHING is going to change UNLESS people ban together.
Not buying gas for a week won’t make a difference because at the end of that week, they are buying additional gas to make up for what they didn’t buy. HOWEVER, if just ONE family cuts their gas usage down just ONE day a week, it makes an impact. It is that simple.
That said, we have only had one hiss booer. And, I told the girls he was just jealous because he cannot get out and ride a bike and obviously isn’t as creative as we are. I am tired of people telling us to be safe. PEOPLE RIDE BIKES EVERY DAY! The girls are well trained on their bicycles. This isn’t the first time they have ridden. They know hand signals and safety precautions. We bike around the neighborhood quite a bit. I am sorry. I will say it again “I AM PROUD OF MY GIRLS!” and myself. We did something most ‘knew’ we couldn’t.
May 30, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I’m with you!! We have started what we can to cut back. Just got our bikes fixed up so that we can ride when possible. As you said, not every trip will be possible (groceries) but alot of our trips in the car could just as well have been done by bike, walking or even a scooter. And, it is good quality time with the family which certainly doesn’t hurt! I feel as long as people continue to pay these ridiculous prices, there will be no end in sight. It wouldn’t be so bad if the fuel companies werent posting 123 BILLION dollars profit in THREE MONTHS!!! And the rest of us out here are struggling just to keep food on the table for our families, and some are even losing jobs because employers are seeing less profits. So, I too say, if there is something you can do to NOT drive your car even a little bit, do it! Everyone making a little effort will be much more effective in the long run than a few people making big efforts. Hang in there, Good for you!!