Originally Posted by travman23 
I would change my driving habits but also I think you can also cut down on other things that are not necessities to make up for the price as well. People complain now about the $3.56/gallon gas yet buy a $3-5 premium cup of coffee at Starbucks every morning. There is about $15-$20 a week you can cut back on. I'm sure I could find several things like taking lunch to work instead of going out that I could do if I really get in a pinch for gas money.
Heck people pay around a $1.50 or more for a 20 oz bottle of water which is around $10 a gallon. That is for water that you gan get out of your tap for pennies for a 20 oz portion. Even buying a water filtration for your tap or something. Just proving that per gallon, some of the things we all use every day costs much more than a gallon of gas and I could do without some of them if I had to just to get from point A to B in my car.
I see your point on the water and the Starbucks, but that represents only a small portion of the population. I could easily cut out $10 or even $20 a week but I still don't think its going to create a dent if gas got to $10 a gallon.
Seriously, food prices in the last year have gone up almost 40%. If gas goes up to $10 then food prices with easily double to trible where they are now. Can you afford that??? Unless, you have a strick veg diet and grow your own, good luck affording meat, milk, eggs, and some of the other basics.
Ok... Now shopping locally sounds like a good idea also, but lets think about this. Products in those local stores will also suffer price increases. I know some people already buy expensive cloths from American Eagle, Gap, Buckle, and others, but what happens when Levi and Wrangler and other companies get that expensive.
Seriously, I can cut back on a few things, but not enough to counter act the worse case situation of everything.
