Out here in the High Mojave Desert cars are something that are mostly Must
Have, it's a almost 5 mile walk to the supermarket for me, pulling the old
radio flyer wagon and that means a totaly time of 5 to 6 hours and in summer
it means leaving home around 5pm and getting back about midnight and I put
big reflectors on the wagon so cars see me walking along the road. The one
bus that runs between some of the towns out here is a two or three times a
day and even then there's only one bus stop that's a 3 mile walk and with my
bad knees any of the walking is painfull for me. I've had to do it and it'd
take me up to 3 days to recover. They are the same reason I can't use a
bike, 10 mins on a bike and it's all done for the day and I've had these
knees since I was 18 and in the army.
So I do what I can to save gas, not going anyplace until I have too, wich
means days at a time before I go get any food supplys.
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"Brian Tung" wrote in message
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Tommi Laine wrote:
Here in Finland gasoline costs about $ 6,98 a gallon at the moment and
people still don't seem to care. They just keep on driving. I wonder how
much the gasoline really have to cost before it begins to have effect on
people's driving habits.
Demand for gas is very inelastic: large changes in P yield relatively
small changes in Q. The few people who switch to mass transit or
cycling are largely swamped by the people who don't want to give up
the convenience or the experience of driving.
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