I’m a Technology Geek
It’s official. I’m going to have to convince the Wife that her next car should be a Chevy Volt. Plug it into the wall at night (6 hours to fully charge), and drive 40 miles on pure electricity. Couple this with some solar panels on the roof, and I’m living in a geek fantasy… Even without the solar panels though, and using today’s gas prices and electricity prices, this car gets equivalent to around 175 miles per gallon (using $.02/mile and $3.50 for gas prices).
On Saturday, we actually had a hard time finding gas (3 stations in our area) due to people freaking out about gas shortages. The freaking out about possible gas shortages were what actually caused the gas shortage… Anyways, it just seems awesome to potentially not have to go to the gas station.