R U SMART ENUF TO SOLVE THE OIL PUZZLE?

OK, here's the REAL $300 million dollar project. There is a way that oil consumption could be cut by 75% in the USA. Almost overnight. Without new technology. Without drilling 20,000 leagues under the sea. Without getting Nanook of the North to dig mooseholes in Alaska.

Are you ready to compete for the $300 mill prize? OK. Look at the cars on the Interstates during rush hour. 90% of them have only ONE person in the car.

That means that there is room for an average of FOUR other passengers in almost every single car and SUV on the road today. Consequently, the solution to America's oil problem is simple enough for an IDIOT to understand: Fill up EVERY car with five passengers!

Yes, it is THAT simple. Fill up EVERY car with FIVE passengers, and you IMMEDIATELY reduce America's oil consumption by as much as 75%!!!

How do you accomplish this solution? That's up to you, genius boy (or genius girl). Here's a hint: Use THE PROFIT MOTIVE. Yeah, remember the profit motive? It REALLY WORKS! Honest!

Somehow, get the four passengers to pay the driver a couple bucks to take them where they want to go. Voila. Who wouldn't want to pick up 10 or 20 bucks extra just to take a couple people where they're going?

Here's another hint: Use MODERN TECHNOLOGY. Cell phones allow people waiting at bus stops to call you on the phone. GPS systems make it easy to take people where they want to go. Computer databases mean that people can pay you with credit cards so that you don't need to carry cash. Computer ID cards guarantee that passengers and drivers are not criminals.

So, are U smart enuf to solve this problem? Maybe Senator McCain will give you $300 million if you do.

This is THE MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM in America today. Get to work on solving it. I know you can do it.