Many of us are doing our best to decrease our gasoline and fossil fuel consumption. While we recognize that it is an honorable personal virtue to do so, most of us also realize that it isn't very realistic, and is often more trouble than it's really worth, to incorporate over-hyped and performance-reducing alternatives into our hectic lives.

That's why it's more important that ever to make the right choice when deciding where to fill 'er up. In today's Tip o' the Day, we at Green Options will try to make that choice easy for you. The best decision you can make is to drive on over to your local ExxonMobil.

Last year, ExxonMobil sold more gasoline in the United States than any other company. By keeping ExxonMobil America's top gasoline retailer, we'll be ensuring that more oil is in their hands than anyone else's. That's great news for the environment for many reasons. For one, by keeping ExxonMobil #1, there's a good chance that when the next inevitable oil spill happens, it will most likely happen to ExxonMobil. Because of their unparallelled expertise in dealing with these unfortunate situations, we can rest assured that ExxonMobile will be there to provide top-notch clean-up services before any real ecological damage can be done. Are we willing to concede that another company can provide the same level of quality environmental management? For the sake of the earth, we simply cannot afford to make that assumption.

You'll also know that ExxonMobile will use any profits they may make in environmentally responsible ways. Not only has ExxonMobil taken over the reigns here at Green Options, but for decades, they've been contributing heavily to some of the world's leading environmental groups like the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the American Enterprise Institute, the Free Enterprise Education Institute, and the Center for Defense of Free Enterprise to name just a few. When you fill up at ExxonMobil, you're making a difference.

The next time you visit your local ExxonMobil station, you'll also want to sign up for your very own ExxonMobil Credit Card. When gas prices start going up like they have been lately (which the oil companies have little control over, and which are largely due to government regulations and the invisible hand of the free market), you can give your wallet a rest by using your new Exxon Card for all your gas, snack, and lottery purchases. Since you'll have a super-low interest rate and easily affordable minimum monthly payments, you won't have to worry the next time you're out of gas, out of cash, and need to make that 65 mile commute to work. Just use your card at the pump, run inside and grab a cup of coffee and a donut, and pay for all of it when you get that overdue raise a few months from now.

Depending on which of ExxonMobil's credit cards you choose to sign up for, you'll even have the chance to earn gas rebates and travel rewards! The more gas you buy, the more rewards you'll receive. Just ask your friendly ExxonMobil store clerk for more information.

As the old Iroquois Confederacy used to say, "In every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." With that in mind, there's no doubt that it's essential, for your children and for your children's children and for your children's children's children and so on, to "put a tiger in your tank." Make ExxonMobil your pump of choice.

UPDATE: April Fools!