by Tricia
Gas prices where we live are basically at $4.00/gallon. It doesn’t affect us too much because both my husband and I work at home. But we probably will try to get back into walking more this summer to run errands and go grocery shopping. We aren’t going as far as this Wisconsin man, though:
“The goal is to not use one drop of gas for 31 days,” [Brian] LaFave said, calling it his personal stand against the oil companies…
…LaFave started the effort May 11. He bikes to his third-shift job at Aldrich Chemical in Sheboygan Falls, a 9-mile commute.
“I did like a practice run … two days in a row to make sure I could do it,” he said. “I’m not in the greatest shape. The mornings are the worst. It feels like it takes forever. I get like a mile down the road and I want to die.”
[Via Yahoo.com]
His main motivation is to stick it to the oil companies. Our main motivation would be to save money and get a little healthier in the process. Can you image what biking 18 miles to and from work a day is going to do for this man? I’m really curious what is going to happen after 31 days. Maybe he’ll decide to keep going for longer.
