And let’s please not forget that every barrel of oil we buy from you-know-where is that many more dollars sent to you-know-who (rhymes with Obama).
The bad news is America uses lots of oil. The good news is there are plenty of easy things we can do to save oil.
Here’s one:
Every shopping mall and supermarket and movie theater and convenience store and highway rest stop— turn the thermostat down two degrees fahrenheit in the winter, and up two degrees in the summer.
Two degrees: summer up, winter down. Simple. Effective. And dare I say it, a helluva lot more patriotic than sending our dollars you-know-where.