Hey guys---also, what about using the fuel made from corn and heating your house with a corn burner. It would give our American farmers a boost. It's the American way.

Jay; You have made me pause and think! I am a person who likes to get there FAST!!!...At this moment, I am feeling convicted of being short sighted and selfish as the few minutes of time I save by stepping up my speed is going to catch up to all of us later. With thoughts of my grandchildren, I will slow down! K.B.

Dear Jay, Thank you for providing the leadership we are lacking elsewhere. Keep up the noble effort. Your site and actions will make a difference. Try taking it to your newspapers and maybe get sponsorship to plead your case in other papers nationwide or write a syndicated column.
I seem to remember a time when the speed limits were lowered. If the trucking industray protests, maybe they especially need your message. Wishing you best of luck in getting the message across. Barbara G. Florida

Jay,

Thank you for your grassroots efforts! I should also thank you for bringing such a fantastic human being into this world (I know your daughter personally)! Here would be a great place to put some web links to sites that calculate your carbon footprint - like www.safeclimate.com. Everyone should take a hard look at what their foorprint is and be responsible citizens of the world. Thank you for showing me that I can be more responsible by slowing down!

I don't buy all the "environmental" "carbon footprint" baggage. That isn't the real problem, but the price-gouging of greedy oil corporations, some sort of collusion to artificially constrain supply, at the stupidity of so-called "enviromental" extremists, greedy oil corporations, corrupt government, OPEC, etc. Lack of a pro-development energy policy.

But I do wish to encourage people to slow down, for other practical reasons. As a form of political protest. Because it's one of the easiest temporary stopgap measures to try to boost gas milage. Because it's safer and more relaxing to drive slower. Because some people still have to drive to work, but can protest by driving slower.

Cars, like medical care, shouldn't be a mere perk of the filthy rich (who won't feel any need to conserve no matter what the price), but affordable to the working poor. We shouldn't be forced to drive tiny unsafe vehicles, just to afford gasoline. But we could try driving slower for a while, as a way to peacefully protest the OUTRAGIOUS PRICE GOUGING!