San Diego rush hour traffic

[TheBreeze]

I’d call public transportation more than ‘a hassle’. I don’t know about you but spending 4 hours a day to commute 20 miles in each direction is a pretty piss poor quality of life.

Do you have an extra 4 hours a day to get to and from work?

Why do you live 20 miles from work? Let me guess, you either have a McMansion or a McMarpment. I chose to rent a reasonably-sized place 10 minutes from work. I’m sure you could do the same.

Approximately 60% of the gas used in this country is used for a single person to drive themselves to work. We could all buy smaller vehicles, live in smaller places closer to work, or live with roommates.

San Diego is the perfect place to use a scooter. Could you imagine how much more pleasant your commute would be if everyone was driving a scooter? We’d immediately quadruple the capacity of our highways. Commuting would be a veritable dream!

Doubling the price of gasoline won’t kill anyone. It will just force us all to stop wasting resources with impunity and destroying the environment. I look forward to many more days where the price of oil jumps $10/barrel/day.

[bsrsharma]

$10/Gal. gas price will dramatically reduce air pollution and global warming, greatly reduce road congestion, improve traffic safety and make occasional driving fun. It will completely destroy exurbs, greatly devalue the price of suburban homes in the bedroom communities and increase the price of homes in/near employment centers and homes closer to public transportation.

On balance, it will cause much social dislocation but eventually be good. Just like moving from an agrarian society to industrial society.

Whether we like it or not, petroleum is finite and all this has to happen; either now or 10/20 years later. Why not now than later?

[bsrsharma]

$10/Gal. gas price will dramatically reduce air pollution and global warming, greatly reduce road congestion, improve traffic safety and make occasional driving fun. It will completely destroy exurbs, greatly devalue the price of suburban homes in the bedroom communities and increase the price of homes in/near employment centers and homes closer to public transportation.

On balance, it will cause much social dislocation but eventually be good. Just like moving from an agrarian society to industrial society.

Whether we like it or not, petroleum is finite and all this has to happen; either now or 10/20 years later. Why not now than later?

[bsrsharma]

$10/Gal. gas price will dramatically reduce air pollution and global warming, greatly reduce road congestion, improve traffic safety and make occasional driving fun. It will completely destroy exurbs, greatly devalue the price of suburban homes in the bedroom communities and increase the price of homes in/near employment centers and homes closer to public transportation.

On balance, it will cause much social dislocation but eventually be good. Just like moving from an agrarian society to industrial society.

Whether we like it or not, petroleum is finite and all this has to happen; either now or 10/20 years later. Why not now than later?

[bsrsharma]

$10/Gal. gas price will dramatically reduce air pollution and global warming, greatly reduce road congestion, improve traffic safety and make occasional driving fun. It will completely destroy exurbs, greatly devalue the price of suburban homes in the bedroom communities and increase the price of homes in/near employment centers and homes closer to public transportation.

On balance, it will cause much social dislocation but eventually be good. Just like moving from an agrarian society to industrial society.

Whether we like it or not, petroleum is finite and all this has to happen; either now or 10/20 years later. Why not now than later?

[bsrsharma]

$10/Gal. gas price will dramatically reduce air pollution and global warming, greatly reduce road congestion, improve traffic safety and make occasional driving fun. It will completely destroy exurbs, greatly devalue the price of suburban homes in the bedroom communities and increase the price of homes in/near employment centers and homes closer to public transportation.

On balance, it will cause much social dislocation but eventually be good. Just like moving from an agrarian society to industrial society.

Whether we like it or not, petroleum is finite and all this has to happen; either now or 10/20 years later. Why not now than later?

[meadandale]

“Why do you live 20 miles from work? Let me guess, you either have a McMansion or a McMarpment. I chose to rent a reasonably-sized place 10 minutes from work.”

LOL. Make assumptions much?

I OWN a house, I don’t rent. It’s not a Mc anything. It’s 1000 square feet and it’s 50 years old.

Unfortunately, my job is in Sorrento Valley and my house is near SDSU. I can’t afford a house 10 minutes from where I work.

What happens if I were to buy a house near where I work and change jobs? Should I keep selling my house and moving everytime I change jobs? That makes alot sense.

[meadandale]

“Why do you live 20 miles from work? Let me guess, you either have a McMansion or a McMarpment. I chose to rent a reasonably-sized place 10 minutes from work.”

LOL. Make assumptions much?

I OWN a house, I don’t rent. It’s not a Mc anything. It’s 1000 square feet and it’s 50 years old.

Unfortunately, my job is in Sorrento Valley and my house is near SDSU. I can’t afford a house 10 minutes from where I work.

What happens if I were to buy a house near where I work and change jobs? Should I keep selling my house and moving everytime I change jobs? That makes alot sense.

[meadandale]

“Why do you live 20 miles from work? Let me guess, you either have a McMansion or a McMarpment. I chose to rent a reasonably-sized place 10 minutes from work.”

LOL. Make assumptions much?

I OWN a house, I don’t rent. It’s not a Mc anything. It’s 1000 square feet and it’s 50 years old.

Unfortunately, my job is in Sorrento Valley and my house is near SDSU. I can’t afford a house 10 minutes from where I work.

What happens if I were to buy a house near where I work and change jobs? Should I keep selling my house and moving everytime I change jobs? That makes alot sense.

[meadandale]

“Why do you live 20 miles from work? Let me guess, you either have a McMansion or a McMarpment. I chose to rent a reasonably-sized place 10 minutes from work.”

LOL. Make assumptions much?

I OWN a house, I don’t rent. It’s not a Mc anything. It’s 1000 square feet and it’s 50 years old.

Unfortunately, my job is in Sorrento Valley and my house is near SDSU. I can’t afford a house 10 minutes from where I work.

What happens if I were to buy a house near where I work and change jobs? Should I keep selling my house and moving everytime I change jobs? That makes alot sense.

[meadandale]

“Why do you live 20 miles from work? Let me guess, you either have a McMansion or a McMarpment. I chose to rent a reasonably-sized place 10 minutes from work.”

LOL. Make assumptions much?

I OWN a house, I don’t rent. It’s not a Mc anything. It’s 1000 square feet and it’s 50 years old.

Unfortunately, my job is in Sorrento Valley and my house is near SDSU. I can’t afford a house 10 minutes from where I work.

What happens if I were to buy a house near where I work and change jobs? Should I keep selling my house and moving everytime I change jobs? That makes alot sense.

[Coronita]

"Much less waste, pollution, and conspicous consumption and more focus on things that actually matter."

This coming from the person that just spent their stimulous check on a a big screen tv, stereo system and a big 'see how cool my new crap is' party?

LOL. Pot? Meet the kettle.

 

Ouch, pwned.

 

So thread hijack sort of… At $10/gas, I wonder if it makes sense to try to make biodiesel yourself. Apparently you can make biodiesel from fresh cooking oil too, but the cost right now is prohibitively high, roughtly $7/gal. I suppose if we see $10/gal, getting a light diesel engine might not be such a bad idea, though cooking oil probably goes up if we do see $10/gal gas 

 

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—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

"Much less waste, pollution, and conspicous consumption and more focus on things that actually matter."

This coming from the person that just spent their stimulous check on a a big screen tv, stereo system and a big 'see how cool my new crap is' party?

LOL. Pot? Meet the kettle.

 

Ouch, pwned.

 

So thread hijack sort of… At $10/gas, I wonder if it makes sense to try to make biodiesel yourself. Apparently you can make biodiesel from fresh cooking oil too, but the cost right now is prohibitively high, roughtly $7/gal. I suppose if we see $10/gal, getting a light diesel engine might not be such a bad idea, though cooking oil probably goes up if we do see $10/gal gas 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

"Much less waste, pollution, and conspicous consumption and more focus on things that actually matter."

This coming from the person that just spent their stimulous check on a a big screen tv, stereo system and a big 'see how cool my new crap is' party?

LOL. Pot? Meet the kettle.

 

Ouch, pwned.

 

So thread hijack sort of… At $10/gas, I wonder if it makes sense to try to make biodiesel yourself. Apparently you can make biodiesel from fresh cooking oil too, but the cost right now is prohibitively high, roughtly $7/gal. I suppose if we see $10/gal, getting a light diesel engine might not be such a bad idea, though cooking oil probably goes up if we do see $10/gal gas 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

"Much less waste, pollution, and conspicous consumption and more focus on things that actually matter."

This coming from the person that just spent their stimulous check on a a big screen tv, stereo system and a big 'see how cool my new crap is' party?

LOL. Pot? Meet the kettle.

 

Ouch, pwned.

 

So thread hijack sort of… At $10/gas, I wonder if it makes sense to try to make biodiesel yourself. Apparently you can make biodiesel from fresh cooking oil too, but the cost right now is prohibitively high, roughtly $7/gal. I suppose if we see $10/gal, getting a light diesel engine might not be such a bad idea, though cooking oil probably goes up if we do see $10/gal gas 

 

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—– Sour grapes for everyone!

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