I don\u2019t love to talk \u201cpolitics\u201d on our blog, but sometimes I just can\u2019t help myself.<\/p>\n
This being the \u201cpolitical season,\u201d and a time of record gas prices, there sure has been a lot of talk about what to do about it. Both Clinton and McCain mentioned waiving taxes for a period of time, but this obviously isn\u2019t a permanent solution. I also spoke with some family members over the weekend, one of whom was convinced that the \u201csolution\u201d to our situation was to drill for more oil in Alaska.<\/p>\n
Of course, we\u2019ve then trashed Alaska, and only forestalled the inevitable. We\u2019ll again need more oil.<\/p>\n
Here at Needmore, we try to do our part, we really do. We purchased a Prius for our company car, and its 45+ MPG has been quite nice. When President Bush took office on January 20, 2001, the national average gas price was $1.46 per gallon. (Nice work, \u201coil man!\u201d) Therefore, driving our Prius rather than our Volvo effectively brings our per-gallon gas price back to 2001, since it gets at least<\/em> triple the mileage. Good, but not great.<\/p>\n We also try to ride our bicycles to work whenever we can, which uses no gas at all, so that\u2019s a win! But if the weather is too hot, or if we\u2019re already worn out, it\u2019s a bit hard to bike five miles uphill after a long day at work. So we only do that perhaps two times a week. So what would be something fun, like a bicycle, but easier to climb hills in, and more gas-efficient than driving our Prius?<\/p>\n That\u2019s right, we got us some scooters!<\/strong> They\u2019re not that much, they get about 100 MPG, and the sure are fun to ride. If you\u2019re in Portland, we do recommend Columbia Scooters<\/a>. Nice folks there. And we had an amazing Memorial Day Weekend. Oh they are so much fun to ride.<\/p>\n