The last two days I've been exposed to idiocy with relation to commuting to work. Local TV news as usual wins out on this ( seriously that they will escape the irony of not being alive to report their own death in the same facile manner they use on the " little people" annoys me I can't think of a more contemptible enterprise than the nightly regional casts) Phoenix has the gall to say that you can save money by owning a car, driving to a place to get on a bus to get to work, or onto a light rail system that pollutes more, costs more per mile and if you live in Phoenix have been

Guess what you are still paying Insurance, road tax, the fee to have your car emissions checked and in most cases a payment too + the depreciation on the thing which amazes me. People buy new cars and lose 2k in taxes another in depreciation in a year. Total loss you're not getting it back. But the higher cost to keep it going is a fixation that's too funny to watch people rationalize themselves out of.( been guilty of it myself )

Then we have this genius below. They just don't get that gas isn't the only expense.


Drivers shave off nearly 10 billion miles in May - Jul. 28, 2008

"If you want to quickly reduce your commuting costs by 20%, leave your car at home one day a week; if you want to reduce your costs by 40%, leave your car at home two days," said Wilsker, who telecommutes from his suburban Maryland home to Washington, D.C.

I hope to hell it's not to an accounting firm.