Next month I’ll celebrate my one year anniversary at my job — and my carpool will have saved me $6,800. To figure that out, I used the calculator at Carpool Match Northwest, which is also where I found my congenial carpool (six of us now) in the first place. My situation is actually both better [...]
Entries Tagged as 'carpooling'
Carpooling Is Saving Me $6,800/year
January 16th, 2009 · No Comments · lifestyle, money, sustainability, transportation, work
Tags: carpool·Carpool Match Northwest·carpooling·climate change·commute·green living·happiness·Oregon·telework·thrift
Fate of the Automakers: The Lady Or The Tiger?
November 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments · energy, transportation
My carpool has naturally been discussing whether the government should bail out the Detroit automakers. The bailout question reminds me of the short story “The Lady Or The Tiger” in which a woman decides which door to send her lover to, i.e. death or a new life with a new lady. Carpool opinions may be [...]
Tags: automakers·carpooling·cars·climate change·Detroit·economics·energy conservation·General Motors·global warming·GM·hybrids
Bicycling In The Mist
November 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · energy, health & well being, lifestyle, transportation
Yesterday morning I was working at home here in Portland, looking out my living-room window at the cool, misty day. I needed to go down to Metro, just over four miles away, for an afternoon-long meeting. Like most all people in a city, I had a choice-point: how did I want to transport myself from [...]
Tags: bicycling·carbon footprint·carpooling·energy ndependence·exercise·green living·halfandheart·happiness·Oregon·outdoors·thrift·walking
Jonesing For Hits
July 17th, 2008 · 4 Comments · community, entertainment
Future posts will be back to diamond-cut, wholesome fare on building relationships and community and saving money and carbon emissions via energy and gas conservation. But today the addict in me has to come forward and be known. The blogger addict, the one who craves hits. I jones for blog hits. I check my blog [...]
Tags: addiction·blogging·carpooling·endorphins·energy conservation·influence·Internet addiction
Prius vs. Honda Hybrid vs. Other
June 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments · lifestyle
My friend from Santa Cruz, concerned about global warming as I am, asked for advice yesterday about the car purchase she needs to make. It happens my husband Thor did lots of research recently about whether to buy a Prius or a Honda Civic hybrid. We chose the Honda, for reasons given here, but we [...]
Tags: auto safety·carbon footprint·carpooling·cars·electric cars·energy conservation·environment·global warming·green living·happiness·Honda Civic hybrid·hybrids·life·Prius·renewable energy·soundproofing·SUVs·time management
