Since the President's State of the Union address, television media has been buzzing about the Bush admission that Americans are addicted to oil consumption. There is a new surge of statements from the press that one way to help ease the crisis is to raise federal gasoline taxes, making it possible to impress more consumers that they do not need to spend so much fuel doing frivolous things like getting to work every day. I have a different idea.

As a concerned fuel junkie, the wake up call has got me determined to do something about my dependence on transportation as part of my livelihood. One of the first steps in overcoming an addiction is to admit the problem exists. All right then, I openly admit that I feel the need to go places in my car, because I cannot practically work out a way to walk 30 miles to and from work each day. Yes, I buy groceries, frequent restaurants, and add to the problem by taking advantage of the benefits of modern transportation, and it makes me sick that I am addicted to living a lifestyle that requires me to pour my money out at the pump, and pay more for a car than what my parents used to pay for a home. What I need is a plan to overcome the vicious cycle of needing to go places that can only be reached by the luxury of driving a wasteful automobile.

Sometimes, the best way to kick a habit is to go cold turkey, but to succeed at doing this, I will need the support of some people who are willing to help me achieve my goal. If the people who read this article are willing to lend me their support in exchange for something of great value, I can get started breaking my dependence on foreign oil almost overnight. If everyone who reads this article will just go to my website and buy one or more of the excellent software products I have to sell, and recommend others who are willing to make a similar effort, I can vastly reduce my need to drive anywhere on a daily basis. This one small step will help me to reduce my fuel consumption by at least 572 gallons per year, saving the world more oil for someone else to use up. In fact, if my withdrawal program is successful enough, I might even be able to add another 572 gallons in savings by allowing my wife to quit her job and hunker down in kicking her own habit of making a living. Keeping this momentum going, my business partner may also be able to add another 1040 gallons of gasoline to the savings if we can manage to eliminate his need for conducting other aspects of doing business. Think about it; by spending the cost of one dinner for two, Americans can save at least 2184 gallons of gasoline every year, without even blinking. Depending on the success of the program, there might be many more lives that could realize greater freedom from the addiction to oil, not to mention the benefits of cleaner air and a more pleasant habitat, all because a few environmentally conscious people decide to do themselves a favor, and wrap their hands around some helpful consumer products. What better way is there to make the future brighter for us all? Are you willing to help?