Gas prices aren’t high enough at Things That Make You Go Green
Over at thingsthatmakeyougogreen.com greenhl recently wrote about the positive affect of increased gas prices.
Gas prices aren’t high enough at Things That Make You Go Green
With the recent increases in gas prices, reports are that people are driving less, carpooling more, and buying more small vehicles. I think these are great trends, but higher gas prices will help us conserve even more. As I sit here roasting in the hot weather, I can’t help but think we’re still not doing enough to save our earth. Can you image if gas prices went up 50 percent or more in the next few months? How much less do you think people would drive? How many more small cars would be sold? How many more carpools would form?
Ultimately this is a great point. The added cost of driving is making many people second guess those unneeded trips in their cars. I know I’ve been trying to plan more trips where I need to make several stops along the way.
Has the increased cost of fuel changed your ways? Tell us how you feel.
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I have definitely cut down on my driving and in fact have started doing most of my shopping online, even for everyday things like snacks and laundry detergent. Doing so reduces the need to have things trucked to a store then me going to pick it up in my car. It cuts out the middleman. Retailers will need to start rethinking their business practices to incorporate online components if they haven’t already. The ones that don’t are shutting down. Just this past week, a store where my apparel is carried closed down–and guess what? They don’t have a website. The small brick and mortars need to keep up with the changing times to survive.
Hi “Rain Frog”
I really don’t understand why small retail stores are often afraid to go online, especially in rural areas. They already have shipping companies coming in and out of the store. They could be moving more goods without the added cost or pollution.
It’s so true. And really there’s a plethora of tools out there to help even the newbie get online with a nice website and not a lot of capital outlay. I think in many cases the small shop hears that it will cost $50K to create a website and get it optimized, and they go running for the hills. They’ve already got so much capital tied up in inventory that they aren’t able to see the bigger picture. ~Karen
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