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...that any trip in Montana seems to entail [Oct. 10]. I recently had to quit--almost before I started--a job in Kalispell, Mont., the closest town of any size (pop. 14,000) to my home. That's about 50 miles away. The daily round trip on $3-per-gal. gas would have meant that, after the associated costs of commuting, I'd be earning only $2 an hour. That spurred my decision to move to a place that has public transportation. If you want to stay in Big Sky country, you might follow the example of the Amish: trade...
...SLOW DOWN. Cars are designed to drive most efficiently at around 60 m.p.h.; efficiency drops 7% to 23% for every 5 m.p.h. over that. At gas prices that averaged $2.73 per gal. in mid- October, speeding by 5 m.p.h. can cost as much as 62¢ per gal., say the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy (DOE). Gunning the engine and jamming on the brakes can lower gas mileage 5% to 33%, or as much as 90¢ per gal...
...DOWNGRADE. Most cars don't need premium gas, which costs $2.95 per gal.--22¢ more than regular...
...help extricate the nation from the thrall of the oil sheiks. Bush has been touting Jimmy Carter- like conservation pinpricks in recent weeks; the air conditioning in the White House has been turned down. But it would be very un-Bush to call for the 50(cent)-per-gal. gasoline tax that even some conservatives are supporting. In fact, it's far more likely that the next Grand New Policy Proposal will be another tax cut gussied up as tax "reform," perhaps even the abolition of the progressive income tax, replaced by a sales or flat tax. But that sort...
...relief" discounts or gas cards at inns nationwide. You can earn a gallon of gas for every bag of leaves collected from the lawn at the Hummingbird Inn in Goshen, Va. (up to a five-bag limit). The Kingsley House Bed & Breakfast in Fennville, Mich., is offering 2 gal. of gas (6 gal. maximum) for every gallon of apple cider or half bushel of apples you purchase at nearby Crane's apple orchards and Pie Pantry restaurant. And from November to March, the Inn at Cedar Falls in Logan, Ohio, will refund the price of a tank of gas (Sunday...