Here's my idea that could save 70 million barrels of Oil every week...your thoughts?

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Mr. Predic

First CHANGE a few laws: Allow ANYONE to drive electric operated vehicles such as Golf-Carts drive on roads with speed limits on 35 mph and under.

Simple licence changes with Insurance changes.

SHORTS trips 2-4 miles represent 79% of ALL fuel usage in America (Car & Driver Mag March 2007) Grocery, Pharmacy, doctor get a pack of smokes etc.

A decent Golf cart $2800

I have a golf cart that goes 40 mph...I drive it everywhere and love it. If it rains I pop a roof with doors on it.....I love it.

I estimate it cost me around .49 cents for a full charge.

I do use it on the course and drive to the country club everyday with it...we go to lunch in .....hell everything!

I use it to go to the barn to feed our horses, we have 2 ponds and one lake we drive out to each evening to feed the fish.

what do you think?

if you have an objection....I'll answer you right back

oh....the bastar*s would be getting billion in taxes from fuel tax...lol
Charlie, Yes I have a solar charger...it takes a full day though
OneT...well yes, I live in west Texas..near Shamrock Tx. But you foks in the city couldbenifit from this...NOT all the time....just the short trips

Answer
Good plan - keep driving your golf cart, I think if it works for you that's great.

It's not going to work for a lot of us though. I drive to the grocery store, Target, pre-school, and random other errands. I make about 5 trips out a week if that. All of my errands require me to drive on a road with a 50 mph speed limit with a car seat in the back seat. I haul a lot of stuff too. So I'll be keeping my 7 seater SUV with a V8 engine (for hauling the camper, the other use for my car).
But you should absolutely drive whatever you want to drive. Just don't ask that I give up what I want to drive.

Edit - Wow Danielle, please tell me you are joking. So every Monday when it's negative 5 degrees I have to walk or ride my bike in the snow down to the store if I need something? What if my kid gets sick? Do emergency services still get to operate? That's almost as good as this great idea I had when I was 6 for a whole new economy - my parents called it the "penny economy" but I later realized I had just come up with a slightly less realistic theory than communism.

Edit2 - I see you live in Texas. I used to live in Arkansas so I'm familiar with the type of climate you live in. I live in Colorado now - different climate, very different landscape. Come to Colorado for a winter and you won't be thinking too highly of driving a gold cart around :)

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