OK here it is. Park the vehicle. Now for the whole definition. Park it for a couple of days a week. Don't park it one day and drive it twice as much the next. I mean, really eliminate at least 15% of your driving. Don't go where ever it is you were going. It will cause severe withdrawal reaction the first few times, but you will get over it, especially when your household budget slows its rapid overheating (note, I said slows, not stops). This may send a message to the oil companies, though I kind of think they will just sell it to somebody else (think Chinese or India Indian). The first step to weaning ourselves from petroleum addiction is conservation of use. Next will be alternative sources (ethanol and biodeisel aren't it, see the much higher food prices, though I admit transport and fertilizer costs are part of that problem). We must learn to live on lots less energy. We Americans are profligate wasters of almost everything, so this will be very hard for us to get used to, but conservation and re-tooling our life-styles is an absolute if we are to continue. So, step one is conserve, reduce, downsize and get used to it.
"Isn't it sad, isn't it queer", losing our perspective so badly at this point or year. Who really cares if two gay people want to be married, and why must so much of the media harp on this non-issue? My late uncle was a gay man who never asked nor told during the Korean war and was a decorated veteran, faithful to one partner his entire adult life and a loving generous person. Other than being gay, which of those characteristics qualifies him for monsterhood? Wake up people, we are dancing to Nero's fiddling while Rome, no the whole damn world, is burning.