A My Turn article in Newsweek actually appreciates the high price of gasoline. The reason is that it has gotten the family out of the minivan and onto their feet and bicycles. And that has drawn the family closer. The writer made a game of getting the family to propose new ways to reduce gasoline usage. Suggestions included running around the neighborhood rather than driving to the gym to run on the treadmill, eating at local restaurants rather than driving downtown, borrowing books from a neighbor rather than from the distant library, and combining trips that remain necessary.
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