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Originally Posted by Kerplunk
I've tried the bus thing. Yes I can get to work, however it severely impacts lifestyle (not to mention my health).
Cost analysis:
Cost of gas a month: $90
Cost of bus pass: $75
Time spent driving a month: 13.5 hours
Time spend on the bus a month: 50 hours
If you consider that I could be doing other stuff (i.e. contract work, fixing up around the house, etc.) within that 36.5 hour difference between the bus and car trips, the public transit solution just isn't viable (which was a key word in one of my posts).
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you can't forget that rising fuel prices will also eventually raise bus fares. all these "if gas is too expensive, don't buy it" people fail to realize that high fuel prices affect EVERYTHING, not just drivers. everything you buy in stores will be more expensive due to higher transportation costs, airline tickets will rise in price, schools will have to deal with higher operating costs trying to bus all their kids in, the list goes on. unless you're a hermit living in the mountains, high fuel prices DO affect you
and that's also why i don't think that fuel should be subject to a free market system, as it has become a neccessity. i equate it to electricity, sure technically it's not needed for human survival, but our society has enveloped so far around it that without it, there would be collapse. i guess that's the price you pay though for making our civilization dependant on a finite resourse