RE: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-29 Thread Billy Cox
8 10:48 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier... I have also noticed less boating on the Colorado River. I guess racing your boat up and down the river at $4 a gallon costs too much. -Original Message- From: Cameron

RE: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-29 Thread Jacob
9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier... On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well... for those that are familiar with Southern California traffic... > > Yesterday, at 3:30pm I drove from Newport Beach to La Mirada. The 55 to th

Re: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-29 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well... for those that are familiar with Southern California traffic... > > Yesterday, at 3:30pm I drove from Newport Beach to La Mirada. The 55 to the > 5 to Valley View. Two years ago, it would have took me about 1 hour and 10

RE: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-29 Thread Jacob
was a lot less traffic. -Original Message- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 11:28 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier... That is fascinating. http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/28/news

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2008-07-29 Thread Deanna Schneider
Ha ha. You say nerdy, I say way cool and fun! On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 7:32 AM, G Money wrote: > Wow...why does saving money on gas always have to be sonerdy? > Look at that thing! I'd have to make fun of myself if I was riding that. > > ~~

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2008-07-29 Thread G Money
Wow...why does saving money on gas always have to be sonerdy? Look at that thing! I'd have to make fun of myself if I was riding that. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Deanna Schneider < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My city is fairly scooter friendly. But, then again, it's fairly bike

Re: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-29 Thread Deanna Schneider
Ooo, and then you could be almost like a hip retiree in a an Arizona RV park. :P On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > I'd go for a golf cart before a bike. If you have a spare $25K you can > get one of these: > > http://www.kreativegolfcars.com/Products.html > >

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2008-07-28 Thread Cameron Childress
I was driving to get it warshed. -Cameron Sent from my car. On 7/28/08, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you're the only one no this list besides me that shouldn't even be in a car > Mr. I-Live-Next-To-Work-And-Hate-Atlanta-Traffic > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Cameron Chi

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2008-07-28 Thread Paul Ihrig
well i am still going to drive 1300 miles round trip on a vacation to upsate ny to see my folks. i still have to do 600 miles a week to work, till i can rind a reliable e-mote job. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most i

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2008-07-28 Thread Larry Lyons
What's really interesting now is how a branch of behaviorism, behavioral economics, is shown to be dead on in its predictiveness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_economics > Right, a negative reinforcer, as in, "Damn, honey, the gas bill is > double what it was last year, we can't afford

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2008-07-28 Thread Robert Munn
I'd go for a golf cart before a bike. If you have a spare $25K you can get one of these: http://www.kreativegolfcars.com/Products.html On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Deanna wrote: > My city is fairly scooter friendly. But, then again, it's fairly bike > friendly. Before I'd buy a scooter, I'd g

Re: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-28 Thread Robert Munn
Right, a negative reinforcer, as in, "Damn, honey, the gas bill is double what it was last year, we can't afford to drive so much. Let's cut back." On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Larry wrote: > more like simple behavioral psychology rather than so called Market > economics. The price became a n

Re: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-28 Thread Larry Lyons
Friends in BC and in North Western Ontario have told me the same. A lot fewer land whales on the highways this year. >We usually have a huge influx of giant RV's here in Alaska during the >summer - and this year they just aren't here. ~~~

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2008-07-28 Thread Larry Lyons
more like simple behavioral psychology rather than so called Market economics. The price became a negative reinforcer for driving behaviors. >Market economics actually works, how about that? ;-) > > >> It's only because no one can afford to drive ... >> ~

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2008-07-28 Thread Deanna Schneider
My city is fairly scooter friendly. But, then again, it's fairly bike friendly. Before I'd buy a scooter, I'd go for one of these: http://www.xtracycle.com/ Now, there's a way to travel for daily errands and such. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I work o

Re: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-28 Thread Robert Munn
I work out of the house, so count me in on the minimal driving club. I've put fewer than 6,000 miles on my car in the last year, and that's including three trips to Orange County and L.A that account for about 10% of the total. I have considered a scooter with surf rack for my surf excursions, but

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2008-07-28 Thread jeff
I bought a Prius and essentially halved my weekly gas consumption. Now if we could just deal with the 16 mpg mini-van we'd be set. :-). -- Jeff ive started with my own change... scooter to work and back!! ~~

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2008-07-28 Thread Tony
ive started with my own change... scooter to work and back!! -- tony Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ths what im sayin! > > -- tony > > Better than a thousand ho

Re: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-28 Thread Erika L. Walker
you're the only one no this list besides me that shouldn't even be in a car Mr. I-Live-Next-To-Work-And-Hate-Atlanta-Traffic On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Yeah. > > -Cameron > Sent from my car > > > ~~

RE: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-28 Thread Billy Cox
There are also those odd looking appendages that keep our shoes from falling off. -Original Message- From: Rick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:23 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier

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2008-07-28 Thread Beth In Alaska
We usually have a huge influx of giant RV's here in Alaska during the summer - and this year they just aren't here. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http:

RE: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-28 Thread Rick
With a family of 4 that's a lot of trips on the bike! Rick -Original Message- From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:12 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier... ths what im

RE: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-28 Thread Billy Cox
- From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:00 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier... or they are buying bikes, or scooters or whatever... its great i think either way!! -- tony Better than

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2008-07-28 Thread Tony
ths what im sayin! -- tony Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, if it takes a major economic incentive for people to change their > behavior, then so

Re: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-28 Thread Deanna Schneider
Hey, if it takes a major economic incentive for people to change their behavior, then so be it. We became a car culture because it was cheap and easy to do it. I was bummed out because I ended up driving to the grocery store this weekend. I COULD have biked, if I'd planned better (well, and not blo

Re: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-28 Thread Robert Munn
Market economics actually works, how about that? ;-) On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Erika L. Walker wrote: > It's only because no one can afford to drive ... > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and drama

Re: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-28 Thread Tony
or they are buying bikes, or scooters or whatever... its great i think either way!! -- tony Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's only because no one can affor

Re: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-28 Thread Greg Morphis
That's cool.. So average 25MPG = 384,000,000 gallons Further... * $4.00 per gallon = $1,536,000,000 saved. No wonder the price of gas has been dropping as of late.. If we could just keep this up for a while.. not to mention the environmental benefits.. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Cameron Chi

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2008-07-28 Thread Cameron Childress
Yeah. -Cameron Sent from my car On 7/28/08, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's only because no one can afford to drive ... > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> and absolutely AWESOME i say. >> awesome! >> >> -- tony >> >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at

Re: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-28 Thread Erika L. Walker
It's only because no one can afford to drive ... On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and absolutely AWESOME i say. > awesome! > > -- tony > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That is fascinating. > > > > http://money.cnn.

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2008-07-28 Thread Tony
and absolutely AWESOME i say. awesome! -- tony On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is fascinating. > > http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/28/news/economy/driving/index.htm?cnn=yes ~| Adobe®

Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier...

2008-07-28 Thread Jerry Johnson
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