Today I spoke with my sister in law for almost 2 hours. I found myself planning in my head a trip to meet family who are scattered to the four winds of the US. With the gas prices rising, trips normally taken are being postponed or all together scraped. A friend of mine drives a large truck spending $400 a month in gas going back and forth to work. She wanted to buy a smaller car. Even so $300 something a month, and insurance for the car was still to much. The old car is paid for. What can hard working people do?