Monday, October 6, 2008
Planes, trains and automobiles: Are you planning a trip to the Emerald City?
The Spokesman Review analyzed the cost of travel to Seattle using three different modes of travel (four if you consider the difference between a hybrid and a gas fueled automobile). They looked at planes, trains and automobiles. The published results are in a table format here. So, I calculated what it would cost to drive my Blazer to Seattle using the same 578-mile standard the SR used and came up with a trip cost of $97.25. But I live in Post Falls, so I used $3.19 a gallon instead of the $3.65 the SR used. Using the SR's gas price, my trip would cost $111.32, but the reality is probably somewhere in between. How much would it cost to drive your car to Seattle? For those who are story-problem challenged, just divide 578 by the miles per gallon your car consumes and multiply that answer by the price per gallon you pay.
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How big is the tank on that thing? You're not going to be able to get your Post Falls price all the way across Washington, so you need to calculate an average cost if you really want to nail this down.
Or just skip the second latte when you fill 'er up in Moses Lake and the third one when you fill up again in Issaquah, and make it come out.
--barb
Yes. Barb, you are always the sharp one, now, aren't you? Still, I did mentioned in passing that the real price is probably somewhere in between the Spokesman estimate and my estimate using Post Falls gas prices.
Actually, I'd bet the price is probably still hovering neear $4 per gallon on the west side, so it's probably a wash. I might as well fly...
You know what would be fun, though? If you could give us an estimate on the cost and time it would take you to bike to Seattle! You'd have to include fuel prices (I guess that's unprocessed biofuels for you) and flat repairs, etc.
It's not really that crazy of a notion -- considering the dive the market took today.
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