Petrol prices on the rise again

Graham_Devon

wotsthat wrote: »

Helen Keller: “Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.”

Einstein: We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

wotsthat

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Einstein: We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

Einstein did have a point. If you keep doing things the same way then why be surprised or upset when you get the same old results?

Worth thinking about?

chewmylegoff

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Thanks wotsthat. Instead of driving to work and back, I'll just adapt, and drive one way only.

Life is rosy again. Cheers bud.

move closer to work
work from home
get another job closer to home
buy a more fuel efficient car

i know you will say all of these things are absolutely and totally impossible...

Graham_Devon

chewmylegoff wrote: »

move closer to work
work from home
get another job closer to home
buy a more fuel efficient car

i know you will say all of these things are absolutely and totally impossible...

No, they are not impossible.

I'm just wondering how much they would cost vs how much you would save on fuel.

Could cycle

chewmylegoff

so basically the cost of fuel isn't inconvenient enough for you to actually do anything about it?

Graham_Devon

chewmylegoff wrote: »

so basically the cost of fuel isn't inconvenient enough for you to actually do anything about it?

Wouldn't say that.

It's what I can do about it that counts. No point suggesting I'm gonna do A, B and C, if I can't.

Working from home - Do this already when I can, am today, though will be driving to a site later. Running a very long report at the moment, so can't really say it's "working".

Moving closer to work - the properties are more expensive, as is the case around most working areas.

Get another job closer to home - Sure, could do this, not sure it would be worth it for the fuel savings alone....the job has so many other factors, like the freedom of working from home and being my own boss.

Buy a more fuel efficient car - Could do, but theres a large cost involved in that, a cost which would take 10's of tanks of fuel to break even on.

So no, it's not that things are impossible, it' rather how they effect other things. If we could all just move closer to work....lovely, so many issues solved for so many families throughout the country. So why don't a good proportion of the country simply do this?

wotsthat

Graham_Devon wrote: »

It's what I can do about it that counts. No point suggesting I'm gonna do A, B and C, if I can't.

What about D, E, F, G, H..... - do you want someone on the internet to suggest those for you as well?

What could you do to save fuel? It's probably worth thinking about because I doubt there's going to be a point where you're happy with the price of petrol.

Graham_Devon

wotsthat wrote: »

What about D, E, F, G, H..... - do you want someone on the internet to suggest those for you as well?

What could you do to save fuel? It's probably worth thinking about because I doubt there's going to be a point where you're happy with the price of petrol.

Can if you like, so long as you don't have a fit when I put a slight obstacle in front of your tints. Who says I'm not happy anyway? You have introduced "me not being happy" yourself.

wotsthat

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Can if you like, so long as you don't have a fit when I put a slight obstacle in front of your tints. Who says I'm not happy anyway? You have introduced "me not being happy" yourself.

Can't you think of anything for yourself?

System

I don't thnk anyone is suggesting doing A B or C as a knee jerk reaction, but those options are all valid when the right time comes. When my car finally dies I'll buy a more efficient one, doesn't seem complicated. I'm currently looking to move, and moving nearer is something else I'm considering.