This article in USAToday about gas prices is fairly interesting. When I stopped driving on a regular basis, it wasn't because of high gas prices, I just would rather walk to work, etc. But as it turns out, my actions were prescient.
Conservatively, I save $50 per month by not driving to work. The last time I got gas was in April, and that was only because I had to drive 45 miles to go to a competition. I expect that it'll be June before I have to get gas again, just because my periodic trips outside my walking zone do occasionally require me to drive.
None of us are free of the tyranny of the pump, but it does feel nice to be filing away at those chains. I'm very lucky to be someone who had the chance to do it.
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