Around 2004 i was studying Japanese. The class was pretty strict, pretty fun, but everyone knew that you couldn't dawdle on your cell phone. We were committed bright youngsters wanting jobs that involved the Japanese language! Every day was intense and focused! Except one day.
It was a blizzard. I live in the upper midwest, and it gets quite cold. Half the class wasn't even at the location. It may be difficult to explain, but we were all pretty low on motivation because the alpha learners that Dr. Sensei enjoyed taunting and mentioning were not there and so it was chaotic, with a little bit of Japanese. i.e. "The normal rules did not apply that day".
While i do hope that these low gas prices do apply longer than "one day", the example is that the inverse of things can occur in most anything.
WHAT IS NORMAL: High gas, therefore i hypermile to reduce my gas consumption and save money/not rely on foreign oil etc.
WHAT IS ABNORMAL: right now.
I'd rather not go on about "oh my i didn't even believe it could get below $2 gas in my area, or "this gas is extremely low" because we've probably had that conversation with our family members.
What do talk about now? the economy.
I'm not an expert but i do believe the economy is in stagnation/deflation, i.e. bad stuff! Even if you don't own stocks, you probably have some money in the bank. Maybe you have a friend that has a retirement fund or a mutual fund. Or stocks. THAT FRIEND is "feeling the pinch at the PORTFOLIO LINE".
yes that's right. people are not losing money due to high gas prices like we saw in the early 2000s. They are losing money in the stock market!
Is there a solution!!????? What do i do with all this extra time i had focusing on hypermiling?
to be continued!!!
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