jkolenovsky wrote:I got a license plate that says "No Oil" and I'm getting a rear license plate frame that has a 120 character scrolling message around the plate. Maybe a few tailgaters will think about it.
I may be an idealist but I sincerely hope we all come together in "community" regarding energy conservation and our lifestyle way of living.
jkolenovsky, you seem like someone with good intentions, and I hope criticism here does not discourage your participation on this forum. But the 'NO OIL' license plate is an expression of the cognitive dissonance that IS our problem with oil. It is also demonstrates the ambivalence we all have with oil.
I've come to terms with my own ambivalence with oil in this way: I love petrol and the power it gives the human species, but I hate-- no despise-- the way we are using that power. I respect oil producers (extractors) because of their professionalism and reasonable self interest at making a buck on the stuff. But I cannot respect my neighbors who waste this stuff while paying too little for so much potential energy. I love to buy stock and invest in oil companies, but am repulsed by buying their motor fuel product.
I do not have an anti-oil statement expressed on my car. I just stopped driving the stupid thing and learned to respect the greatness of petroleum.