Do your part to cut oil use: A letter to the editor

Times-Picayune May 28, 2010, 5:42AM

The biggest story in the country, really the world, is the oil spill in the Gulf. It is time to not only talk about the dangers of deep-water drilling but to take responsibility for our part in this disaster.

We are so dependent on oil and petroleum-based products that it may indeed be the end of us all. What can we do to help in this crisis? How about easing up on the gas pedal a little bit (like to the legal speed limit)? How about not cursing and trying to run over someone on a bicycle and realizing that they (we) are trying to help the cause by burning less fossil fuel.

State law requires motorists to give a bicyclist 3 feet of clearance while passing. All we ask is for you to pay attention while we share the road. Don't text, read, put on your makeup or (most importantly) drink and throw your beer can out the window.
We're doing our part -- can you do yours as well?

Mark Granier
Lafitte, LA