Monday, June 25, 2007

Fuel Savings Update!

I'm up to having saved 57.5 gallons of gasoline now! That's a serious savings now, if you think about just the volume of 57 gallons! I think I haven't been keeping track carefully enough, as I would have spent a lot more than that on gas by now, but it only takes into account the gas saved on my commute to and from work. Still, that's about 4 tanks of gas! Considering the amount of gas that is, the monetary cost (around $180ish, but I just kind of estimated from the time that gas was near $4 and now when it's back around $3 and used $3.15/gallon), and how much pollution would have been put out by my burning that much fuel, it really shows the difference that one person can make (which really negates my "...But I'm only one man!" argument). You won't step outside and smell cleaner air, but the difference is being made little by little. Considering all of the other people that I ride alongside on the trails, it all adds up and that little by little becomes more and more consequential.

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