Just remember, thats 33mpg highway. Actual is about 27 mpg. My commute is about 31 miles (I don't always do it is 30 minutes). So 31 * 2 == 62 mile per day. I work 6 days a week, so that is 372 miles per week. That is appox 19500. 1040 gallons at 27 miles per gallon is 28080. That leaves about 10000 miles with other than work commuting... visiting family, going shopping, going on vacation, etc, etc. 10000 miles/52 weeks = 192 miles extra a week, although it is usually about 60-70 miles extra per week and big chunks for trips. And in the US, it is a lot cheaper to drive yourself than take a train or plane anywhere when you have a family. Nothing I can do about that.
I always hear about people complaining about gas prices. Then someone always makes the comparison that a cup of coffee at starbucks is like $10 a gallon so gas is relatively cheap. To that I say so what. I don't need to buy 15-20 gallons of coffee a week, but I do need 15-20 gallons of gasoline a week. The complaint is that gas prices go up 5 cents and people freak out. Well, 5 cents * 20 may only be $1 more a week. But then next week it goes up again. Here in the US (I know prices are better here than most places), just 5 years ago gas was $1.50. So now, It is $1.50 more a gallon, multiply that by 20 gallons and it is $30 more a fillup. Multiply that by 52 weeks a year and it is $1560. Now that is something to complain about. Oh, and I know I am from the US, but I have a fuel economy car (33 mpg) and I have a 30 minute commute. Oh, and for those of you that say move closer to your work, that is not possible because I work someplace that the cost of living is far out of my price range, which may be why most of the people at my company have 20+ minute commute.
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Just remember, thats 33mpg highway. Actual is about 27 mpg. My commute is about 31 miles (I don't always do it is 30 minutes). So 31 * 2 == 62 mile per day. I work 6 days a week, so that is 372 miles per week. That is appox 19500. 1040 gallons at 27 miles per gallon is 28080. That leaves about 10000 miles with other than work commuting... visiting family, going shopping, going on vacation, etc, etc. 10000 miles/52 weeks = 192 miles extra a week, although it is usually about 60-70 miles extra per week and big chunks for trips. And in the US, it is a lot cheaper to drive yourself than take a train or plane anywhere when you have a family. Nothing I can do about that.
I always hear about people complaining about gas prices. Then someone always makes the comparison that a cup of coffee at starbucks is like $10 a gallon so gas is relatively cheap. To that I say so what. I don't need to buy 15-20 gallons of coffee a week, but I do need 15-20 gallons of gasoline a week. The complaint is that gas prices go up 5 cents and people freak out. Well, 5 cents * 20 may only be $1 more a week. But then next week it goes up again. Here in the US (I know prices are better here than most places), just 5 years ago gas was $1.50. So now, It is $1.50 more a gallon, multiply that by 20 gallons and it is $30 more a fillup. Multiply that by 52 weeks a year and it is $1560. Now that is something to complain about. Oh, and I know I am from the US, but I have a fuel economy car (33 mpg) and I have a 30 minute commute. Oh, and for those of you that say move closer to your work, that is not possible because I work someplace that the cost of living is far out of my price range, which may be why most of the people at my company have 20+ minute commute.
The "handful of idiots" is probalby the majority of users that did not go to school for computer science or IT.