I particularly like this one. We consumers so seldom have anyone make an effort to put a value on our time. And isn't our time important to us?
And so much has been made over the years over the issue of lengthy recharge times for EVs. With fast-charging those EV fueling times are coming down (not that the auto companies seem to be publicizing this), and if one recharges only at home at night, it is questionable whether it takes anywhere near the same time.... with just a hookup or two and a button or two.... it takes to stop at a pump. Not to say that EVs don't still have their fuel time and range and other disadvantages along with advantages, but still, it's nice to see someone evaluate vehicles for how much time and effort they cost us in one area. Now, if only we could expand this thinking to time on the phone with insurance companies in an accident (and medical compensation to replace hair follicles pulled out). >http://www.hybridcars.com/time_savings.html > >saving time at the gas pump with a hybrid car > >I recently received an email from Mark Linroth, a >self-employed petroleum engineer who has owned >approximately a dozen cars since getting his first >driverâs license in 1976. As an engineer, he pays >close attention to their operating characteristics and >fuel economy. He calculates hybrid cost savings of >$2,640 over an eight-year period using a constant >$1.60 per gallon and 20,000 miles of driving per year. > >More importantly, he offers these observations about >how much time he saves at the pump: > >äTo estimate the time savings we assume that on >average the tank will be filled when it is near empty >taking an average of 12 gallons each time. For me, >fill-ups take approximately 10 minutes so I'll use >that figure. > >ãIn 8 years at 12 gallons per fill-up, the hybrid will >have to be re-fuelled 267 times for a total of 44 >hours spent standing at the pump getting high off the >gasoline fumes. The regular Civic will need to be >re-fuelled 346 times for a total of 58 hours battling >nicotine withdrawal (No smoking at the pump, please). > >äSince we can assume that most people do not get any >significant utility from the act of re-fuelling, >putting a monetary value on these hours depends on how >you value your time. It depends on what else you would >be doing instead with the additional 14 hours. > >äExample: if my alternate activity is talking to the >IRS, the time is not that important. If I'm otherwise >going to be late to the beginning of a chick-flick my >wife has waited months to see, the value of the time >is beyond measure. > >"Added benefit, value priceless: at the present time, >not all service stations have the pay-at-the-pump >option. Thus, some portion of those 79 avoided fuel >stops would have forced an encounter with a surly and >incompetent store clerk." > > >===== >Û¼¡`¡¼Û¿,üü,¿Û¼¡`¡¼Û¿Û¼¡`¡¼Û¿,üü,¿Û¼¡`¡¼Û¿ > > All-Energy News and Discussion > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/All-Energy > >Û¼¡`¡¼Û¿,üü,¿Û¼¡`¡¼Û¿Û¼¡`¡¼Û¿,üü,¿Û¼¡`¡¼Û¿ > > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. >http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ > > > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/All-Energy >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
