[Ansteorra] Re: gas prices too high...sorry had to share this

Carl Chipman cchipman at nomadics.com
Fri Apr 21 14:52:21 PDT 2006


Yup :) As a matter of fact, I'm getting ready to go pick up Sir Cassius 
and the kids, and head down to Elfsea...

See everybody there:)

JP

Michael Silverhands said the following on 4/21/2006 2:58 PM:
>
> Simple: consume less fuel per person.
>
> There are two ways to do this: 1) travel less, but that would kill our 
> hobby over time. Or 2) increase our ratio of (people x miles traveled) 
> to (miles per gallon of fuel). In other words: carpool to events. If 
> one person drives to an event by themselves, their fuel cost is 
> $3/gal. If two people carpool, their fuel cost is $1.50/gal each. *No* 
> other single measure can or will have as dramatic a result as the 
> simple step of carpooling.
>
> It also has the added benefit, if enough people do it, of reducing 
> demand. If we get demand low enough, then once again we are less 
> critically dependent on foreign oil, and once again have really, 
> really low fuel costs.
>
> Michael
>
>
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