Gas prices reach new high (or low)

Brandon and I are lucky in that the exorbitant gas prices haven’t affected us as much as, say, my brother who has a 45-minute commute each way to work every day. Brandon’s company is just 7 miles away and my office is usually my home office. His Jeep only gets about 14-miles to the gallon, so we usually take my car about town, which is much more fuel-efficient at 28-miles to the gallon. Still, the high cost of gas was enough to make us cancel a scheduled weekend trip to Chicago last month. The gas cost alone would rival that of our hotel stay.

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Brandon’s been clamouring for one of the “new” Smart Cars (which have available in Europe for a decade). Last night, a local news channel took a look at them and I was surprised to find that they only get about 38-miles to the gallon and they’re a really rough ride. My sedan, which is probably three times as large as the Smart Car and very comfortable, gets just 10-gallon less per mile. You’d think in our infinite technological prowess that we’d be able to make cars that are more fuel-efficient. Or maybe they have, but as conspiracy theories would have it, the car manufacturers are in cahoots with the oil companies. Who knows. All I know is that that cute retro Vespa scooter is looking better and better each day.

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