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[camwyn]

OUTSIDE MY HEAD:

CNBC reporters talking about gas prices, about hybrid cars, about the psychology of the American driver, about 'are people going to adopt fuel economy until the crisis passes and then want their SUVs back', about why the Ford Escape hybrid costs $6,000 more than a standard Ford Escape.

INSIDE MY HEAD:

I'm doing a spirited jig because the saddlebags for my bike arrived yesterday. A little smaller than I wanted (the Cannondale Overlands have been disconnected), but I have saddlebags now, and can still strap stuff down on top of the rack, too.

Yay me! Yay Wanda!

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[magiclilfish.livejournal.com]

Yay us!

[camwyn]

Indeed! I might note, by the way, that I don't think I've ever had a bike that handled and maneuvered better than Wanda does.

... *squints at post* I meant discontinued, not disconnected. oy.

[flariadallian.livejournal.com]

You are what American drivers are not - someone who has always practiced fuel economy, and will do so even if the "crisis" does pass. That you don't have a car of your own does help, but whatever. Details.

I have no icons for fuel economy, so I have to make do with my normal ones. Perhaps I should remedy that.

[camwyn]

Nah, see, as far as I can tell, you qualify as a necessary or vital use of fuel. Unless we can get you a Clydesdale or something. Think you could handle a horse that's nineteen or twenty hands tall at the shoulder? Me, I'd be a superfluous recreational user at best. I live where I do because it means I don't need the car.

[camwyn]

*nods* Okay, then. You can have my personal motor vehicle fuel allotment, for whatever that's worth. Like I said, some people need personal motor vehicles, and for some people it's just superfluous.

Me, I wonder just a tiny bit exactly how vital auto-racing cars are to the economy- I have some trouble thinking NASCAR vehicles are fuel efficient as they stand, but given the popularity of the sport a case might well exist for their role in the entertainment sector.