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Financial expert, Dave Ramsey, had an interesting, but jokingly sarcastic, take on the price for a gallon of gasoline vs. water vs. coffee.

Currently, a gallon of gasoline costs about $4.00 a gallon. Water goes for $1.00 a bottle. That translates to $16.00 a gallon for bottled water. Some would argue that we need both. Try driving a car without gasoline. Try living more than a few days without water.

A specialty cup of coffee at Starbucks goes for about $5.00. That translates to over $50.00 a gallon for coffee. It's safe to say the human body does not need coffee like it does water.

Maybe we should go after Big Water and Big Coffee after we go after Big Oil.

In the end, we all make choices. We have to ask ourselves if the choices we make cause us to panic?

Choose to conserve (gasoline) in ways that work and mean something to you. It just may lessen the panic factor. The choices we make as consumers drive the free market as well.