The Vindication of M1EK

[Chris Bellomy]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/16/AR2005091601573.html

cb

[mda...@io.com]

Chris Bellomy wrote:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/16/AR2005091601573.html
>
> cb

Actually, I'm surprised at the increase - especially the supposed
increase in cities with poor mass transit like Austin (some anectdotal
evidence of more bus riders in a news8 story a while back).

I wrote the contrarian position here:

http://mdahmus.thebaba.com/blog/archives/000139.html

The increase in variable cost due to gas going from $1.50 to $3.00 /
gallon is not much compared to the fixed cost of owning and operating a
car at all, so unless you can get rid of a car, it seems foolish to
make this decision on purely economic grounds.