[OFB Cafe] Bio Fuels

[Derek Broughton]

On July 23, 2008 12:02:56 Fred Smith wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Timothy Butler <tbutler at ofb.biz> wrote:
> >> How high does the price of convenience have to get before switching
> >> from
> >> personal transportation to mass transit starts to look more
> >> attractive?
> >
> >        A long time when you live either (a) in suburbia like I do or (b)
> > the wilderness like you do. How do you propose making mass transit make
> > sense when you live out in the hills? It seems to me mass transit only
> > makes sense if you stick to urban living, e.g. much of Europe.
>
> I live 1/4 mile from a commuter rail train station that I walk past
> every morning with my dog.  I work about 2 miles from another station
> on the same line.  It would be relatively easy for me to take the
> train to work.  However, gas has to hit at least $8/gallon before the
> train costs less than driving my 17 mpg pickup truck into work, while
> carpooling with my wife. And that's assuming I get the discounted
> monthly commuter pass, and that the cost of the train doesn't go up in
> sync with the cost of gas like it has over the past few years.
>
> -Fred
>
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derek