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Re: a dumb query? pls humor me



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On 03/02/07 14:41, Greg Folkert wrote:
> 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.

Or spend more time with family.


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