It's Thursday! Yesterday's weather was pretty nice actually, and today should be fairly decent. Always nice to get a break from the heat. Especially when we had such a beautiful winter.

I'm gonna rant a little now! There is just something bothering me. Everywhere you look, whether it's a newspaper, internet, or television, there's a story about the high gas prices. Yes, they're high and rising still. Yes, it hurts the wallet.

I was working at a service station about 5 years ago, and I had an English customer that really opened my eyes. This is when gas prices were around $1.50 to $1.75 a gallon, and people where complaining about the "high" prices then. He said, "Look at what you drive! Americans drive the biggest most gas guzzling vehicles out of any country. In England gas is equal to five American dollars a gallon. That's why we all drive tiny cars." And that was 5 years ago. Now, England's gas prices equate to roughly $6 a gallon.

We want someone to blame. We put blame on George Bush. We put blame on middle east countries. We put blame on OPEC. We put blame on auto makers. But no one puts any blame on themselves! Whatever happened to being responsible for your own actions?

If we as Americans really want to lower the gas prices, it all comes down to supply and demand. If we boycott the use of gasoline, that will drive the demand down, while the supply rises. Anyone that knows anything about economics will know that causes prices to drop. I know, how do we boycott the use of gas? If you live in a large town and have to commute an hour to work, chances are you're not going to ride a bicycle instead of drive. But we really need to start focusing on carpools, public transportation, and any other viable means to drop demand of gas.

If we do nothing to change, nothing will change! We will just continue to complain and place blame anywhere we can, while paying more and more. What's the old saying? If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.