so, as i'm sure most of you know, there was a hurricane that struck new orleans, florida, georgia, and alabama a couple of days ago. *gasp* right? well, atlanta had some furious tornadoes that swept through as a result of the back winds. well, gas in atlanta right now is about $6 a gallon. and this is what is known as gauging. you know, "taking advantage" of the situation. some of these people have nothing left, and now they cant afford to leave. also, 10% of the worlds oil is in louisiana, which means 10% of it is gone. so my question is: why arent we as a nation trying to find a way to power cars without using gas? there is solutions to this problem, we just arent taking advantage of it. we are letting the problem get progrssively worse and worse, and we arent doing a thing about it. its rediculous to me that we arent at least trying, instead we are making these people stay in horrible places. taking advantage of the innocent. i just wish i was older so i could try to do something about this, not to mention help with the aftermath of the hurricane. to me those things are more important than learning abot chemistry and algebra. making a difference, even if its a small one, is worth putting that stuff off to wait.

the end, i have to go.