“Stop complaining about the price of your gas. Be thankful your car doesn't run on bottled water.”

— David A. Ridenour

David A. Ridenour, "If Your Car Ran on Bottled Water, You'd be Paying $6.40 a Gallon," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 1, 2006

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