Comments on: Use less gas, dummy

By: In the long run… | I, Shane › Shane Adams' personal weblog

In the long run… | I, Shane › Shane Adams' personal weblog — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:24:05 +0000

[...] I got over the initial sticker shock, I remembered something I’ve been telling myself since gas went over $3.00/gallon – at least I don’t live in Sierra Leone, where gas is [...]

By: RDM

RDM — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:04:33 +0000

I’m driving that old Hawnda. 230,000(?) miles. The odometer works when it wants. It’s good on gas and I try not to go anywhere I don’t have to. When we get out of the rainy season, I might get into biking. I need to track how far from work to home I am. It’s a 14 minute ride in the car. I guess it’ll probably be a 20 minute bike ride (with these thighs).

By: Crafty

Crafty — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:26:45 +0000

*yawn*

There is no shortage of oil on the market, therefore prices are NOT increasing subject to demand. They are increasing because of the fact that the dollar is decreasing in value due to rapid inflation. Our country is so far in debt at the government, corporate, and PERSONAL level that everyone else is buying it up and devaluing the dollar in the process.

If we really want gas prices to go down, we need to start paying off our BP cards and end the mortgage-bailout talk. Any bailout or cancellation of debt is going to further devalue the dollar and force the banks to charge Carter-era interest rates to bring the economy back into the black. Barack Obama supports mortgage bailouts and increased taxation on petroleum profits that go to ALL investors, such as teacher retirement funds.

By: meesha.v

meesha.v — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:43:00 +0000

I always drive small cars. That’s all I can do. My driving patterns don’t allow for carpooling.
However,(you heard it first here) I am proposing the first KC tele-blogger-meet-up. We will all buy our own beer and stay home, while skyping,twittering and gtalking to each other.
I’ve heard that Obama can actually turn water into gas because wine is so 1st century.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:15 +0000

I’ll be riding my bike to work once I start getting up earlier.
As for carpool lanes, the unfortunate thing is they only work if there’s enforcement, but when they enforce it, the police activity slows traffic down more, and the circle continues. Driving less, however you can accomplish it, is the only way out of traffic.

By: Chimpo

Chimpo — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:54:53 +0000

Price won’t change the fact that people have to get to work. The only thing it will change in this city is employees asking for raises and people buying more efficient vehicles.

Implementing carpool lanes like all other major cities is how they need to assist traffic.

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:53:11 +0000

You are correct in pointing out that it hasn’t done anything in the way I live my life, but just take a quick drive down I-35…have you seen traffic get any better? Nope.

People complain about high gas prices, but rarely do anything about it besides complain because gas prices are still within reach.

There are people that it has changed, but very few.

By: Chimpo

Chimpo — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:49:19 +0000

High gas prices have not done anything to the way that we live our lives?

High gas prices have not done anything to the way that YOU live YOUR life.

We can’t rely on oil companies and car companies to do that right thing because people such as yourself are willing to throw away money to own an SUV.

By: emawkc

emawkc — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:10:07 +0000

One point you didn’t mention is that as the price of gasoline rises it changes the economics of developing alternative fuels.

For example, if it costs $4.20 a gallon to create a hemp-based biofuel (hypothetically), then there’s not profit motive to do so while petroleum gasoline is at $2.20/gallon.

But with petrol goes up to $4.60/gallon, then suddenly the hypothetical pot fuel looks like a pretty good deal (if they can find a way to not make it give everbody the munchies).