Originally Posted by
bikegeek57
see attached snapshot of my Clean Air Campaign Commute log.
No idea where they get their $$$ amount from but that's pretty impressive for 50 trips/1000 miles.
500 dollars saved by not driving 1000 miles?
Propaganda bull$hit.
Lets use real bad numbers 16 mpg, 4 dollar gas. That's 25 cents a mile. Maintenance on a decent car is likely to run a few cents a mile. Insurance is a fixed cost, so you can't include it. More realistic numbers, $2.50/gal and 25 mpg come out to a dime a mile.
I'm all for parking the car to help save the polar bears and all, but outright bull$hit claims such as these hurt the cause rather than help it, IMHO.