Got Gas?
It's Earth Day people... You don't need gas. You don't need your car.... Well, maybe you do... But probably not as much as you think you need it.
Now, if you live in the suburbs or a small town where there really is no public transportation, yes, you need your car. If you live in a major city where there is public transportation, you do not need your car everytime you want to go somewhere. Even in the city of Boston (where the subway system is barely convenient) you don't need a car.
What brought the not needing a car thing on today?
I was watching the news this afternoon and saw a piece on how the price of gas has jumped three cents to $2.88 a gallon (on average in the U.S.) in the past few days. The cost of a gallon of gas is now more expensive than the tall caramel machiatto I get at Starbucks. (And Starbucks puts it in a recycled cup for me.)
Now that is saying something folks.
And to be honest, Americans really have little reason to bitch about the cost of gasoline... Not when you compare what citizens in other nations pay.
*All prices have been converted and posted in U.S. dollars.
As of mid-April, Americans were paying far less than the bigger European nations. And I have a feeling the cost of gasoline is going to remain high for good.
Time to think about spending less money on your car and begin taking the T.
Now, if you live in the suburbs or a small town where there really is no public transportation, yes, you need your car. If you live in a major city where there is public transportation, you do not need your car everytime you want to go somewhere. Even in the city of Boston (where the subway system is barely convenient) you don't need a car.
What brought the not needing a car thing on today?
I was watching the news this afternoon and saw a piece on how the price of gas has jumped three cents to $2.88 a gallon (on average in the U.S.) in the past few days. The cost of a gallon of gas is now more expensive than the tall caramel machiatto I get at Starbucks. (And Starbucks puts it in a recycled cup for me.)
Now that is saying something folks.
And to be honest, Americans really have little reason to bitch about the cost of gasoline... Not when you compare what citizens in other nations pay.
*All prices have been converted and posted in U.S. dollars.
As of mid-April, Americans were paying far less than the bigger European nations. And I have a feeling the cost of gasoline is going to remain high for good.
Time to think about spending less money on your car and begin taking the T.
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