Reformat/Unemployment and the Price of Gas

I'm going to be changing the format of my blog. What's happened is that I would update sporadically and make long posts. Now I'll be going for shorter posts and more frequency. Let's see how it goes.

So the first post in the new format has to do with economics, which means that though I shoot for brevity, this may be long despite the change in format.

Well, I've got no work til June. No employee work anyway. I am on the prowl for rackets though, as is Cha, who resigned a few weeks after I did. So we're both down to our last pay checks and clinging on to the hope that we can stop spending and thus hold out until the final pay we'll receive gets to us. But this week sees us visiting Serendra twice and that's a wallop in terms of gas sadly. I had not really been watching the gas trends until I started splitting gas costs with Cha. Seeing the thing hit 47 was crazy. We were getting a full tank of gas and what was formerly 1200 went on going and going. We cringed waiting for the thing to top out and it just wouldn't, that price kept rising til it got to near 1700. This and the other option of commuting looking similarly unsavory as there seems to be a looming fare increase that is supposedly going to make it 9 bucks for basic.

What does this bode for us? Everyone's screaming crisis and I am inclined to join that line. Cost of rice is crazy and going to the groceries, man, i mean, just buying a few cuts of meat costs an arm and a leg. But a good economy thrives on a good balance of savings and consumption. How will we save, and how will we consume, if everything's so expensive. I'm inclined to try and stay at home as much as possible to save money. besides it costs so much to just leave the house anyway.

but aside from complaining we have to start asking for tangible answers to these problems that are hitting us over the head. how do we address the food problem? many of the reasons behind it are ones that are very difficult to face, for example overpopulation. or how about the consumption of first world countries? and while we're talking about excessive consumption anyhow, we best mention fuel and first world countries and everyone with their SUVs. we need better options.

i though of getting an electronic motorcycle. but charging time takes 6 hours. and it'll only run for 1 hour. and only at 20 mph max. that's just plain inefficient. so we need to be offered options that work within the contexts of our lives.

who will answer these questions? who will address the various problems at various levels of society? do the decision makers for example take into account the tricycles and how much they pollute? but how they are also a necessity in many communities. What's to be done? Subsidized transportation? like the MRT which has many flaws and though i'm happy with it is the subject of many complaints.

when will we get answers?