{"id":2941,"date":"2008-07-28T05:05:42","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T10:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2941"},"modified":"2008-07-28T05:05:42","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T10:05:42","slug":"adjustment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2941","title":{"rendered":"Adjustment"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of those things we conservatives take on faith (a faith that is pretty much always answered, as a matter of fact) is that the market sorts out all things.<\/p>\n

Now – will drilling in ANWR or off the coast or in the Badlands of North Dakota drop the price of gas by half instantly?\u00a0 Of course not.<\/p>\n

But a lot of us are paying a lot <\/em>less for gas – less, even, than we were when gas was under $3 a gallon.<\/p>\n

In my case – well, I bike to work from April through (crosses fingers) most of October.\u00a0 And my company pays half the price of my Metro Transit “all you can ride” card, and my bus almost literally goes door to door – faster, in most cases, than the combination of driving and then walking from a parking spot.\u00a0 I do it out of a combination of loving biking, liking being in some kind of shape, and scando-scottish penurity.<\/p>\n

Speed Gibson (AKA “the best blogger in the Twin Cities that you’re probably not reading enough of, now that Roosh has retired\/started posting at “Shot”)? \u00a0 Well, he provides a glimpse<\/a> into the “grass-roots” free market response to gas prices:<\/p>\n

After the DFL shoved the various new rail transit taxes through the 2008 session, I vowed not to pay it. I can report that I have more than succeeded, adjusting my driving habits to reduce my gasoline consumption and raising my use of buses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Biking to spite the DFL?\u00a0 Kudos!<\/p>\n

Now, with bus fares going up to again cover the rail losses this fall I needed a way to avoid paying the extra quarter as well. For that and other reasons including pleasure and exercise, I purchased a used bicycle. I just got it tonight (the shop refurbs it after you buy it), and I really like it. Actually, the left pedal fell off after 1\/2 mile and I had to limp back for a quick repair and re-inspection, but all is well now…Meanwhile, I’ll be really green, using no fossil fuels every time I bike to work, just under 6 miles. Plus, I’ll save the $4 bus fare or the $2 gas plus depreciation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Y’know, there’s a great protest idea for the next session; the next time the DFL agitates to raise the transit taxes, there should be a ride-by of Republicanson bikes.<\/p>\n

(But they’ll probably start taxing bikes).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of those things we conservatives take on faith (a faith that is pretty much always answered, as a matter of fact) is that the market sorts out all things. Now – will drilling in ANWR or off the coast or in the Badlands of North Dakota drop the price of gas by half instantly?\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservatism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}