Editors note: this is a weird post, I’m sorry. Read it with more humor in mind than seriousness. I’m really not trying to be a jerk, just funny (think Steve Martin)
I think prostitution is abhorable for various reasons, but this article about prostitution being paid for with gasoline cars puts the gas price debate into a weird perspective: Sex for Fuel. We’ve not found ourselves using more or less gas at this stage in the game simply because we don’t do as much driving as the average household. I work from my basement most of the time and our gas prices are usually just slightly under the national average.
Now that Bill Gates has stepped down as chief officer of whatever at Microsoft maybe he can put forth some of his humanitarian efforts in some petroleum related way. I don’t know how that would help alleviate pain and suffering in third world countries, but it would at least reduce first world pain at the pump.