A.M. Greenlist: How to handle high gas prices
High gas prices are bringing up a lot of ideas for curbing our oil addiction:
>> Go on strike. Spanish truck drivers have stopped deliveries; they want "government regulations guaranteeing a minimum price for their services, above fuel costs."
>> Develop nempimania, a new condition defined by hypermiling hybrid drivers.
>> Heckle Hummer drivers, i.e. L.A.'s own transportation deputy Jaime de la Vega, who still drives a Hummer, which gets 14 mpg in city driving.
>> Raise parking prices. Free parking at work and other places -- as well as too-cheap parking meter rates -- have people unnecessarily driving and and adding to the congestion.
>> In other news: California's attorney general sues Whole Foods, Avalon Natural Products, and two other companies for failing to warn of carcinogen 1,4-dioxane on their soap labels. "Eighteen other companies were also warned that some of their products contained the chemical."
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