Filipinos reeling from high fuel prices should consider walking, using bikes instead of cars, or car pooling, Malacañang said Saturday.

President Macapagal-Arroyo’s deputy spokesperson, Lorelei Fajardo, aired the suggestion in an interview over radio dzRB in the course of pointing out that the government had no control over skyrocketing pump prices.

"We are just importing crude oil. So I guess the best [thing] everyone can do now is, first of all, conserve not just electricity but also gasoline," Fajardo said.

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