Archive for October, 2008

Mr RoadShow

San Jose Mercury, the popular local new paper, has a  columnist Gary Richards.

He takes up issues that are very relevant to the Bay Area drivers.  Some of the interesting articles that I found were the following.

a) Gas prices aren’t falling fast enough

b) Carpool haters remain silent

Blogs rideshare 27 Oct 2008 No Comments

Some of the most fuel Efficent cars

I found this interesting list of most fuel efficient car on www.ecomodder.com

Top Vehicles MPG(US)

1. 1976 Citicar 144.43
2. 1996 Metro base 124.07
3. 1986 Fiero GT 107.84
4. 1992 Metro EV 106.72
5. 1989 Accord 90.34
6. 2007 Prius 75.09
7. 2001 Insight DX 68.17
8. 2000 insight 66.23
9. 2001 Insight DX 65
10. 1994 metro 4 dr HB 64.66

News rideshare 27 Oct 2008 No Comments

Biggest 2 week drop in Gas prices: 35.03 cents

Gas prices dropped from $140 a barrel two months ago to $82 last Friday. Can some one tell me that the demand has suddenly dropped by a wopping 41%? There is certainly speculation in this market. But this should  not  discourage the carpooler. Carpooling is the long term solution.

News rideshare 14 Oct 2008 No Comments

Ingenuity at its best.

Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best ones.

Read about the qdrum used to transport water in remote Africa on http://greenupgrader.com.

http://greenupgrader.com/3934/q-drum-human-water-transportation-made-easier/

News rideshare 01 Oct 2008 No Comments

The cost of travel

I came across this site today on a message board that was talking about carpooling. Some one pointed out that the site http://www.commuteprice.com is very helpful as it helps you figure out the cost of travel. Wow, I could not believe it an entire site devoted to finding (distance in miles)/(miles per gallon) * (price in gallons).

We do it it for each rideshare post that you make or are searching and we did even bother to advertise that :)

Blogs rideshare 01 Oct 2008 No Comments