Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 10:16 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> > On 03/01/07 19:25, Paul Johnson wrote:
> >> Steve Lamb wrote:
> >>> Mitja Podreka wrote:
> > [snip]
> >>
> >> Who's rich enough to afford to waste gas driving faster than 60 MPH, much
> >> less more on a regular basis? Fuel economy on most vehicles takes a
> >> massive nosedive after 60MPH due to wind drag.
> >
> > It's a time-money problem. People would rather spend the extra
> > money to get there faster.
> >
> > Saving only 5 or 10 minutes on a 90 mile trip? Irrelevant.
>
> True, but it still doesn't work out rationally: Unless you make a lot of
> money or gas is unbelievably cheap, that few minutes saved will cost you
> more wage-hours than it's worth...
Unless you lose you job being late and you don't want to leave any
earlier. Its a choice.
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