The price of gas is rising to an alarming level as of late.Just hearing the fuel pumpin the fuel pump assembly in my car kick on makes me nervous. It’s difficult to be anything other thandismayed at the current situation, but Insideline at Edmunds posted aninteresting take on five “good sides” to the insanely high price of gascurrently.
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1. You can get in shape. With theprice of gas so high, you will supposedly forgo driving short distances towalking or cycling, so you can arrive a sweaty disgusting mess at work afterjogging 6 miles to get there.
2. You can learn to drive moreefficiently. You will no longer floor it to get around that special individualin a Prius on the freeway going 10 miles under the speed limit, because itwould cost you $1.25 to do so. You will patiently coast your vehicle behind thePrius and hope that you can safely and efficiently ease out from behind them byswitching lanes, and then increase speed slowly…. And not think how worth it itwould be to pay $1.25 to cut that special individual off.
3. You can “say goodbye to stress,traffic tickets, and accidents.” Theory is, practicing the above referencedefficient driving you will no longer be wildly weaving in and out of traffic,and your former habits of speeding will magically cease.
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4. You will be more inclined tosupport energy independence. Not being able to afford gas, you will bemotivated to take public transportation, ride a bicycle, or because you’re sobroke, fork out tens of thousands of dollars for an electric car (that useslithium batteries we are still dependent on other countries to source). Or youcan beg your boss to telecommute as an act of patriotism, because no one fearsfor their jobs already in this economy.
5. You now have a built in excuse foranything. Don’t feel like fulfilling familial obligations? Sorry Grandpa, Ican’t afford to drive to your birthday party. Friend asking you to move? Sorry,can’t afford to cart your stuff back and forth.
There you have it. Five excellent things about gas prices beingso high. Take them or leave them… I think I know which one I’m going with.
