Obama says Americans should inflate our tires to the proper level.

McCain says Americans should drill offshore.

Which plan is more beneficial?

Well, that depends on what you think is beneficial. If you think spending billions of dollars setting up offshore drilling that will further foster our dependence on fossil fuels, destroy marine life, and not make a difference until about the year 2030, then you should go the McCain route.

If you want a difference (environmentally AND financially) RIGHT NOW, today, for free, check out Obama's energy plan.

Here's a video that helps explain it, via ClimateProgress.org:

Will gas prices ever cease their steep ascent into the stratosphere?

I wish we had the problem of the "high gas prices" in the picture to the left. Sheesh.

I barely even remember $1.93/gallon!!

Luckily, there are an almost infinite number of ways to get more miles out of each gallon of gas we rellunctantly buy.

Even better, is that many of them are absolutely free! What more can you ask than for to SAVE money without spending it?

Using cash crops and volatile nuclear materials as alternative means of power in place of fossil fuels...who'd have thought? That's right, a couple of big buzz words in the automotive world are biodiesel and hydrogen fuel cell.

But what are they good for? [does anyone else but me desperately want to insert, "...absolutely nothing" whenever they hear that question?]

Anyway, since hydrogen fuel cell cars are still greatly in the fetus stage of development, we'll focus mostly on biodiesel here in this post. It could, after all, possibly be THE solution for both new vehicles and for old...yeah, that's right, you can convert your current vehicle to biodiesel for a quite surprisingly cheap price.

Be sure to check out Part 1: "5 Reasons to Buy a Hybrid or Diesel Vehicle".

"If gas prices climb, just 7% of Americans will consider buying a more fuel-efficient vehicle," says a recent MSN/Zogby Poll.

With the average price of gas here in the US being $3.21/gallon, as of yesterday, what will motivate us to start considering other vehicle and fuel options?

If you are, however, in that 7%, how do you know what vehicle is best for you? Do you go hybrid, electric, diesel, bio-diesel, or hydrogen? How does a person choose from all the options?