I'm sure many of you are too young to remember in 1973 or so when we were happy paying 35 cents per gallon for gasoline and all of a sudden the price jumped all the way up to 50 cents per gallon. People were upset, mad and having a tizzy fit and saying that they were going park there cars and trucks so they don't have to pay such high ridicules prices. Kind of what we're doing now. President Nixon even lowered the speed limit to 55 mph in order to conserver fuel. We all got used to it and worked it out and I'm sure we will again. We're not going to park our big rigs, we'll just make shorter trips. As a result of what happened in 1973, the government forced the auto makers to make more fuel efficient vehicles, which resulted in the more fuel efficient diesel engines we are driving now. A lot of good came out of what happened in 1973 and some good will result again.
Let's see, how can I shorten our trip to Alaska next year and what can I do to get better mileage out of my Cummins?