So the price of Gas in California is about to drop below $3 a gallon. And yet oil is about to hit record prices.

What gives?

Well the Oil companies know that we are thinking about carpooling. So they are dropping the price of gas to keep us from thinking about changing our ways.

Global Warming - High Oil Prices - Middle East Oil Based Conflict.

These are all problems facing this country.

Our Honorable US Senate had a highly marketed All Night Session.

There were cots to sleep on and reports of pizza being orderd.

How exciting! It sounds like college all over again.

Now that the show is over, What can we really do to Change Course in this Country?

If you ever get to a public meeting in Sacramento, you will hear the message that they say well, but maybe don't hear it themselves.

The question asked at public meetings is:

What can we do to help Small Business and Manufacturing jobs stay in California?

Hey, I have an idea! Let's help the rivers of commerce flow more freely.

If Coke was in charge of carpooling in this State, we would be having a coke and a smile while driving with someone compatible.

The following is a traffic congestion story from BBC regarding the increase in traffic congestion at the outside perimeter of congestion zones. Included is feedback from the public.

While many say that the congestion pricing is a huge success in London, you need to ask
- Who is measuring the success?
- How are they measuring it?
- What data was available before the new pricing to compare against?
- What are we NOT measuring in the current evaluation of success?

Governments have an interesting tunnel vision when it comes to assessing success. Here is feedback from the citizen's of London that say that maybe congestion pricing is just what it appears to be.... a new tax.

It looks like the Traffic Congestion Pricing is starting to have trouble.

Our policitans tell us that we need congestion pricing to solve traffic.

Maybe they could open up the conversation about carpooling?

Maybe they could work harder at eliminating waste in government so they don't need to keep coming up with new and fantastic taxes on our use of automobiles. That government revenue gift that keeps on giving.