Challenge: Use no gasoline for 1 month

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Straight out of Sheboygan....

Brian LaFave couldn't care less how high gasoline prices climb these days — he's parked his pickup truck and is refusing to buy gas for a month, possibly longer.

"The goal is to not use one drop of gas for 31 days," LaFave said, calling it his personal stand against the oil companies.

Now LaFave, 31, is riding his bicycle or walking everywhere he goes. He won't even let friends pick him up unless they already planned on being in the neighborhood.

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Who's up for the challenge?

[momof1in150]

Impossible for me as I have to drive my son to/from school, therapy, swimming and hippotherapy (horseback riding). Not very realistic if you don't live within walking/biking distance.

We are cutting down the number of trips we make. Today I am meeting DH for lunch but am running 3 errands near the restaurant. This way I don't need to go to these places tomorrow on a separate trip.

[Scanner]

Well, that's great if you are unemployed and besides, they still use gas to bring him his food that he eats.

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Well, that's great if you are unemployed and besides, they still use gas to bring him his food that he eats.

He's not unemployed. He's biking to work 9 miles, despite being out of shape. This guy deserves a big round of applause.

Edit: Not to mention he's calculating how much he is saving on gas and donating that money to a charity that feeds kids in Africa.

[PauletteGoddard]

I could get by not using gasoline for a month if I were childless. I didn't read anything about Mr. LaFave having kidlets.

It's cheaper for us to take the child daily to summer camp by car (1.88 mi round trip = $0.30) than it is for us to give up one hour's pay walking him there ($42), and than it is for taking public transit round-trip to summer camp ($4.50). I wouldn't be saving much with that challenge.

[noppenbd]

I could get by not using gasoline for a month if I were childless. I didn't read anything about Mr. LaFave having kidlets.

It's cheaper for us to take the child daily to summer camp by car (1.88 mi round trip = $0.30) than it is for us to give up one hour's pay walking him there ($42), and than it is for taking public transit round-trip to summer camp ($4.50). I wouldn't be saving much with that challenge.

What about a bike?

Also, unless you are eligible to get paid overtime it is not really fair to use your hourly pay to figure out the cost of your time.

[PauletteGoddard]

What about a bike?

The kid won't ride his bike. I'm hoping a course at Cycle University will change that for him. I'm also hoping the other wage earner can change his work-at-home hours to allow for two one-hour breaks, to accommodate a walking option. Walking is very doable, but time-consuming.

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

Well I'd like to sit and have and iced tea with thisd guy after his ride home one day. He could be an interesting person.

When my husband's motorcycle died when we were young, he rode his bike 32 miles round trip, all year round. He did get hit by a car once though.

[zooracer]

We just bought our house outside orlando, fl.
My wife drives 15 miles each way to work. We wanted to live closer to work, but just could not afford it.
It is expensive to live in the city near work.

There is just no way she could ride a bike to work. Nearly every afternoon in the summer it rains.

I'm a self employed home inspector, so...I guess there is just about no way I'm riding my bike to jobs. Unless I can figure out a way to carry a 30ft extension ladder and all my gear

Biking just isnt practical for most

[cicy33]

Definitely not for most including me. I live about 10 miles from work. It would take at least 2 hours to get there! I would have to leave my house at 5:30 in the morning. No way! I don't think he has fully thought this through. Not to mention buying groceries. We are trying to cut back on our driving though. Don't get me wrong, if he can actually do it, great! But the first time I showed up to work soaked to this skin cuz it rained or sticky, stinky, sweaty I am pretty sure someone would complain! I wonder if he has thought about what he will smell like after that two hour ride.

[cicy33]

He's not unemployed. He's biking to work 9 miles, despite being out of shape. This guy deserves a big round of applause.

Edit: Not to mention he's calculating how much he is saving on gas and donating that money to a charity that feeds kids in Africa.

I would love just once to see a person advertise they are donating the money they save to feed hungry kids here. I do see on this board people that donate to the places that help feed people and I think that is awesome. I am talking more about the ones the go big on tv and say I am helping other countries. Drives me crazy when we have kids starving and homeless here. I will keep my donations here at home.