Cars and Gas!

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Permalink Reply by RodiCrow on July 28, 2008 at 8:09pm

During the summer I am off from work, so I stay home. If I need to go somewhere nearby I will walk. My husband and I haven't been going out of town as much. And he has been driving his Feiro.

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Permalink Reply by Celticlass...FAERIE QUEEN on July 29, 2008 at 11:03am

LONG DRIVE ! YIKES! You know,I actually have found some pretty good air fares because they all want our business. we have to fly to MASS for a family tnhing.and i believe it is cheaper than driving for us from virginia.

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Permalink Reply by Dave S. on July 29, 2008 at 9:46am

A solar power car would be great, at least the running out of 'gas' excuse would be believable going out on a date coming back at night...

I have tries my best to consolidate my trips out, try to figure out what I need and plan a more direct course when I do.

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Permalink Reply by Capricorn on July 29, 2008 at 10:54am

Walking if the store is close. If we are going out we do combine trips as much as possible and plan it in a loop. We also having vehicles with fairly decent, not great, but decent gas mileage. 18 or so city, and 22-24 highway/interstate.

Unfortunately, even for a decent sized college city, we have very poor public transport. Very inefficient. Or we'd be taking that. Of course the goal is to eventually live in Toronto. Which one of the many great things about living in a large urban city is wonderful public transportation (to the point of hardly needing a car), and being close enough to walk to things.

Our culture would do better to learn to build up instead of out.

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Permalink Reply by Annalee on July 29, 2008 at 5:47pm

How much is petrol over there? I was always under the impression that fuel was cheap in America, guess I was wrong.
I can't really use my car less because where we live we need to use the car to get everywhere. I have been trying to use it less and I think i'm managing to cut down the amount of useless journeys I make in it. I wouldn't mind a solar powered/environmentally friendly car, but I just hate the look of them. Also i've been told by people that in our area they are no use, it benefits people in the city more than us.

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Permalink Reply by Celticlass...FAERIE QUEEN on July 29, 2008 at 5:59pm

$3.75 to $4.25 a gallon. Its gone down a wee bit in the last week.

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Permalink Reply by Annalee on July 29, 2008 at 6:05pm

I would love that prices here!! I'm not sure what it is in dollars but we pay £1.20 a litre, which is about £6 a gallon. If my maths is right then I think that's $12 a gallon.

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Permalink Reply by Capricorn on July 30, 2008 at 1:01am

Yes, I find it interesting that it is often new news to people here in the states that gas prices have been quite high in other areas of the world for quite sometime. I just have to look at them cockeyed and sort of giggle at their seemingly personal dismay that it's not a problem unique to the states!

It's hard to understand such unintelligible group-think sometimes!


Hopefully this will all serve as a catalyst for alternative energy and fuel sources.

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Permalink Reply by Annabelle on July 30, 2008 at 1:30am

I walk and take trains and buses. I don't even own my own car. I get a lot of exercise just getting around. I wish more people would walk. I feel less rushed and stressed when I walk. Human beings are meant to walk.

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Permalink Reply by Capricorn on August 2, 2008 at 6:23pm

Indeed. Energy efficient mass transit would be a feasible plan.

However, if we just except the status quos of our culture as being simply the culture, everybody is royally screwed.

So I'd like to think eventually people will wake up and smell it.............. and realize change is what it's going to have to be. Change now for a better outcome...........or change with the fecal hits the fan. I think the first option is almost certain to be more pleasant!

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Permalink Reply by Celticlass...FAERIE QUEEN on August 2, 2008 at 7:08pm

I love my Dodge dakota Pick Up.......Lady Ruby!! But I drive the wee Focus more. I donht like too,but I force myself.

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Permalink Reply by Taraerin58 on August 2, 2008 at 6:57pm

We are limiting driving. I work luckily five minutes from my apartment. My younger son can walk to work. My older has to drive farther. On the weekends as I am busy at the UU church I plan any errands around that time so I don't make unnecessary trips. I would love a solar powered car. I would also like it if we had good mass transit. I grew up in Chicago with excellent transit, no one ever needed a car.

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