Sunday, June 01, 2008

What Are We Complaining About?

Anyone drink at Starbucks? or any other coffee shop of that nature?

Yes?

Then what are you complaining about?

Gas?

Well if gas is $4.16 a gallon, a gallon of coffee is $11.84. That is taking a 20oz. regular coffee at $1.85 and multiplying it out to a gallon. A 20oz. latte at $3.40 would be $21.76 a gallon. Wah, gas is expensive. I agree, and don't like anymore than the next. Yet we don't blink at a coffee, which we can make at home for pennies on the dollar, costing more than the gas we put in our car which we can't make at home (yet).

I look forward to the future innovations in the fuel market. Knowing the power and torque an electric motor can put out I'd love to have a fully electric car like the Tesla. Maybe if each major city put in a nuclear plant we could have electric recharge stations that make an electric car more practical and affordable.

GM is making strides with the Hydrogen car. Check this out:

3 comments:

Luke of Hazard said...

Well that car does look like the shizzle, too bad its so far off in the future. And yes, I agree electric cars don't make sense as long as we are still getting most of our electricity from burning coal. Bring on the nukes.

Missy said...

Thank goodness we don't go through 17 gallons of coffee a week like we do gas!!

Jon said...

Love your post. Anytime you can crunch some numbers and help make sense.....good stuff!!!

Most people pick up a Latte, then drive to the gas station across the street to pay $.01 less?

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