A few of my thoughts regarding this section of the originally posted article:
"I've got several of these things that I've been pouring liquid gold in the tank of," said Mark Antley, 47, of Sharpsburg, Georgia.
The computer and technology contractor used to drive his 1999 Suburban from Sharpsburg through Atlanta to the northern suburb of Alpharetta. The 145-mile roundtrip to work put a dent in his 45-gallon gas tank.
Making matters more costly were his wife's car -- another '99 Suburban -- and his diesel 2002 Ford F250 pickup.
So, I'm reading between the lines here, since I don't know this guy or his situation. But in essence, he's using one Suburban with its enormous hauling capacity and passenger space for at least 5 as a single person commuter vehicle on a daily 145 mile round trip! This guy is a computer guy, not a construction contractor. He does not need a vehicle like this for that kind of driving.
And then we have his wife, who is apparently doing exactly the same thing with another identical vehicle, albeit without the same lengthy commute.
Then, for some reason, he has another big-ass cargo hauling vehicle, namely the pickup. Does he seriously need all this hauling capacity?
I've got four vehicles, and all of them are four-bangers except the Suburban, which is strictly for cargo hauling. The thing doesn't leave the driveway unless it's pulling the race car or it's loaded down with something that won't fit in any other car. This isn't any sort of new behaviour for me. I'm not claiming to be any kind of genius, I've just never seen the point of driving around a gas guzzler when there are more economical ways of getting somewhere.
I just wonder how long people have just been blindly and stupidly pissing away gasoline supplies driving vehicles like this. And unfortunately I think things are going to need to get a lot worse before most people will start driving vehicles that are a little more appropriate to the task at hand.
BTW, I'm certainly no enviro-Nazi, I just think there's a whole lot of stupid going on when I read articles like that. 
