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Actually, "protest" might be the wrong word, since I believe the law of supply and demand isn't something that can be persuaded to change with a protest. The way I see it, the appropriate thing to do about high gas prices is to use less gas and demonstrate how you are doing this in case others want to immitate you. However, this project does have an element of protest in it as I've made it a little bit over the top and put in an element of sacrifice, what I'm willing to give up in exchange for spending less on gas. It's also something of a protest against the various ideas people have circulated about how they want to bring the price of gas down without actually buying less gas.
So I've resolved not to use my car for commuting to work in April. At all. Since I've got a 40 mile commute each way and no public transportation, I'm riding to work on a motorcycle regardless of what the weather's doing. I call my effort Motorcycle 4 A Month, and I've created a blog to document it. So far I've had to make an exception once, when I had to borrow a work truck to deal with a broken water heater at home. So I've tacked on an extra day of commuting by bike in May to make up for this.
So I've resolved not to use my car for commuting to work in April. At all. Since I've got a 40 mile commute each way and no public transportation, I'm riding to work on a motorcycle regardless of what the weather's doing. I call my effort Motorcycle 4 A Month, and I've created a blog to document it. So far I've had to make an exception once, when I had to borrow a work truck to deal with a broken water heater at home. So I've tacked on an extra day of commuting by bike in May to make up for this.