the Trash vitae

Trash is the editor-in-chief of an independent Colorado micro-publisher/ design studio. I dabble in digital photography, the lost art of film image making, and guerilla digital video. DrMAC Studios specializes in books and videos on self-reliance, gardening, dumpster diving, urban foraging and living off the excesses of others.
This blog documents my daily experiences with the rest of the world

Sunday, March 8, 2009

The 3 means of transportation

bfast- oatmeal. fruit.coffee and some dumpie donuts
lunch- dumpie french bread sandies with roast, water, apple
dinner-- forgot about dinner since knee was swollen and in pain. tooks some meds (homeopathics)
and went to bed

I have been seeing alot more people talk about innovative means of transporation lately. electric cars, smaller gas cars, scooters, etc. While these are all good, in times like what are coming, you may need to scale back a bit on spending money for these items. In lieu of these let me give you Trash's favorite means of transportation.

1. Walk,, its good for the soul and the heart. This method is good for up to 5 miles round trip without exerting too much energy.. Especially efficient if done after the morning meal..

2. Bicycle-- this method is good for the round trip that goes from 5-25 miles. Again wonderful and cost efficient if done either after the morning or the midday meal.. A little more tricky after the dinner hour when the sun goes down but with innovation ( a light and reflectors do wonders). This means of transportation can be improved upon with the addition of storage devices (ie baskets) attached to the front or rear of the bike and the ability to add a trailer to the bike for passenger and cargo towing. This method is my second favorite.

3. the dumpie-mobile (1985 Jeep Cherokee)-- only necessary for longer trips where the bike would be inappropriate due to the large amount of cargo that would not fit into the trailer of the bike or when I need to carry the whole clan to a predetermined destination. This is my least favorite means and the most stressful.

Now I do use public transport on a daily basis to go to Babylon and back because it is almost 30-40 miles roundtrip. And since I have a pass that I pay for yearly it is an efficient investment..

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