Wiping out the savings
07-29-08, 07:20 AM
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Wiping out the savings
Generally I don't drive. I'm tired of driving. My normal commute is 6 miles. I get 25 mpg at least. Say 4 commutes per gallon.
Today my son wants to go to work in our boat. The boat gets 3 mpg. So the commute takes 2 gallons. That's 8 days of bicycle commuting!
Pretty weird.
I'd put a "For Sale" sign on the boat, but I don't think I'd get any takers!
Today my son wants to go to work in our boat. The boat gets 3 mpg. So the commute takes 2 gallons. That's 8 days of bicycle commuting!
Pretty weird.
I'd put a "For Sale" sign on the boat, but I don't think I'd get any takers!
07-29-08, 08:43 AM
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Get yourself one of these. 
07-29-08, 08:47 AM
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I think he's doing a "driving offset" by biking, similar to "carbon offset"....
He bikes for 4 days, he saves a gallon of gas.
He takes the boat for 1 day, that uses 2 gallons of gas and "wipes out" 8 days' worth of biking gas savings.
I do a similar "gas offset".... I took a car trip from Philly to Mystic CT in June, that was about 600 miles roundtrip of driving, but I save 53 miles of driving each day from bike-train commuting, so that vacation was "offset" by only 12 days of bike commuting.
He bikes for 4 days, he saves a gallon of gas.
He takes the boat for 1 day, that uses 2 gallons of gas and "wipes out" 8 days' worth of biking gas savings.
I do a similar "gas offset".... I took a car trip from Philly to Mystic CT in June, that was about 600 miles roundtrip of driving, but I save 53 miles of driving each day from bike-train commuting, so that vacation was "offset" by only 12 days of bike commuting.
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I wish I had the option to bike or boat to work!
07-29-08, 09:12 AM
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07-29-08, 09:19 AM
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07-29-08, 10:35 AM
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Move to Venice!
These are pretty slick too....
https://www.hobiecat.com/kayaking/index.html
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Get yourself one of these.
07-30-08, 07:03 AM
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You can commute by boat? That's awesome. I'd get a canoe and give my arms a solid workout a day each week 
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So what if it takes 2 hours to get to work!
.So what if it takes 2 hours to get to work!
07-30-08, 07:08 AM
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Tell the kid to get a kayak. Canoes are too slow and inefficient for commuting.
In downtown Manhattan, you'll most likely see canoists who only need to go a block or two. The kayakers on Wall Street are always in a hurry.
On a similar note, I wonder if I should be using mirrors on my kayak to be safe from motorists behind me.
On a serious note: He can take a boat to work? That's pretty cool. Is this the Tennessee River?
In downtown Manhattan, you'll most likely see canoists who only need to go a block or two. The kayakers on Wall Street are always in a hurry.
On a similar note, I wonder if I should be using mirrors on my kayak to be safe from motorists behind me.
On a serious note: He can take a boat to work? That's pretty cool. Is this the Tennessee River?
07-30-08, 09:13 AM
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(Wait a moment, that sounds so crazy it just might work. 