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Re: gas out
>I said, after significant snippage,
>
>> << ...but we've got to have our fast cars and our cheap gas, and
>> > damn the planet if it gets in our way.
>And Ron said:
>>
>> If you get a chance, walk on out to pittsburgh and we will have a beer and
>> discuss it . :-0
>>
>Good point, Ron. I realize I probably sounded pretty higher-than-
>thou this morning, and I apologize for that. It wasn't directed at
>Ron, or anyone else really, I just needed to vent and that issue
>was a particularly good catalyst. Truth be told...I study environmental
>geoscience, but I have a '90 Ford Ranger that gets horrible gas
>mileage. I take too many long road trips, and I drive the 6 miles to
>and from school every day, even though there's a bike trail along the
>river that goes most of the way without interfenence.
That last bit reminds me of a scene between Campbell Scott and Kyra
Segewick in 'Singles'. She works for some Seattle environmental group
so CS's character jokes about her driving some big GM land yacht.
I've found that since I moved 15 miles further away from work, I drive the same
amount of miles per week but use less gas since the comute is nearly all
highway. I used to live in such a congested and pedestrian-unfriendly area,
that
even to go a 1/2 mile to the grocery store, I still had to drive. Now, I drive
to and from work only and the car stays parked unless I really have to go
to another part of town.
I guess whatever your beliefs are, sometimes you simply have to adapt
until you can find a better situation. As long as you intend to find more
economic transportation, that's acceptable. Wasn't it Thoreau (or Emerson)
who wrote in Walden that even though he hadn't read some of the books lining
his shelves, the mere fact that he *intended* to read them gave him at least
a little credit?
Something like that, anyways.
later,
AaronB
"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican"
Dan Quayle