More fuel for the fire

More whining about fuel prices on the news this evening, everything ranging from predictions about the end of society as we know it (as if that would be a bad thing) to "ways to save" to hair-brained schemes like "let's all not buy our fuel on a particular day of the week to teach the evil oil companies a lesson". One thing that's been conspicuously absent from the discussion has been the idea of using alternative fuels. I'm not sure what it costs to convert to LPG, but I did notice that it was fully 77 cents a litre cheaper than regular unleaded at a service station I rode past last night. Surely that's at least worthy of consideration. As a little aside, I also noticed that the price of conventional fuel has some way to go before it reaches the $1.30 mark that the media has been whining about.

One wonders why suggestions of alternative fuels have been so absent from the media, which is "supposed" to be informing the public, or so we're all supposed to believe. It couldn't be that they have an interest in keeping people whining rather than actually solving their problems, could it? Surely not! (spot the sarcasm). I have to admit, I've been more than a little apathetic about the whole thing -- given that the only thing I need to "fill the tank" is a good feed of pasta. However, I do find it a little amusing that an option so obvious has been overlooked.

In other news, I just had an absolutely beautiful ride out in Tallebudgera Valley this evening. It's a little further than I normally go after work, but it was worth the effort. I might just do that route a little more often.