San Francisco Responds To Soaring Gas Prices

AP - San Francisco
Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Faced with soaring gas prices that have crippled the local economy, the California Dept of Highways announced on Tuesday that they were further expanding the incentives for drivers who use alternate forms of transportation. Green, hybrid and vegetable-oil fueled autos travel for free across the Golden Gate Bridge, as do bicyclists and pedestrians. Ferry, BART and MUNI have agreed to reduce fares as well.

Richard Hurtz of Hayward farms received similar incentives for his prototype ostromobile (pictured, in toll booth photo), which runs solely on hay and it's own feces. Said Hurtz of the added perks inherent in his vehicle, "I can park it anywhere and the chicks really dig it."

There has not been any comment from Washington DC as to what country we are planning to bomb next in response to this increasing oil crisis.