MMeM, Vol. 4 Issue 26 – Transportation

Look, it’s no secret that $4 a gallon gasoline is the pits. It goes without saying that filling up a car today is a real hardship.

And, this hardship is particularly difficult in the spread-out Midwestern region of the country. Which is why, I’m complaining. Public transportation is great in urban settings, but it’s a bit more challenging or should we say, NONEXISTENT, when people live in the country.

This got us thinking about alternative modes of transportation here at Midwestern Meditations eMagazine. All around the world, people deal with transportation in a variety of ways. We’ve all seen the pictures of people hanging out of and on top of trains in India. And everyone sees video of the herds of Chinese bicyclists who are NOT in the middle of a race.

It can be done. In fact, here at home there has been a boom in the motorcycle and especially motor scooter business.  You can get a new scooter that costs 10% of what a new car costs and it gets 5 times the gas mileage!  When you really look at the numbers, it’s a no-brainer.

And then…

…it rains.

“HA, HA!” Or, should I “HONK, HONK” while driving by?

Just think 15 minutes earlier, I was jealous of this guy on his fuel efficient and inexpensive motor scooter.

Schmuck.