I applaud your efforts to stimulate the economy. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Bauman " < josephmbauman @yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman. xmission .com> Sent: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 10:01:02 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Will the cost of gas change your dark site visits or your attendance at outreach events? I shudder to agree with you. Yes, sad to say. -- Thanks, Joe --- On Tue, 3/8/11, sfisher01@comcast.net <sfisher01@comcast.net> wrote:
From: sfisher01@comcast.net <sfisher01@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Will the cost of gas change your dark site visits or your attendance at outreach events? To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman. xmission .com> Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 9:51 PM
Joe:
I'm assuming you mean your investment "so far"?
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Bauman " < josephmbauman @yahoo.com>
To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman. xmission .com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 7:12:58 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Will the cost of gas change your dark site visits or your attendance at outreach events?
It won't affect my astronomy pursuits. My investment in the equipment makes the gas increase almost seem trivial. Thanks, Joe
--- On Tue, 3/8/11, Debbie < astrodeb @ beyondbb .com> wrote:
From: Debbie < astrodeb @ beyondbb .com>
Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Will the cost of gas change your dark site visits or your attendance at outreach events? To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman. xmission .com>
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 6:51 PM not really. I may start riding my bike for shorter trips in town to conserve gas. I can also conserve on food which helps the waistline as well as the budget.
Debbie
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Jay Eads < jayleads @ gmail .com>
wrote:
Title says it all. Some are speculating that gas may hit $250 a barrel (OUCH!) and that $5.00 gas by Memorial Day may be a reality. I posted this question over at Cloudy Nights back in January when the warning bells were starting to go off (still think this is a ploy by the Oil Companies and Speculators to drive up profits) but I would like a more local opinion.
So I ask, if gas is between $4.00 to $5.00 a gallon will it change how often you drive to a dark site to observe? I know that SPOC is a good ways out for some of us and will that gas price impact the amount of times you drive out to perform outreach there or elsewhere?
I know for me I will still make several trips up to Wolf Creek this summer but what will change is that I will drive up and camp over and get in two nights of observing in. I'll still hit Rush Valley as I have a couple of new spots that I really like and are up a little
higher. Lakeside I'll
still hit also. I still intend to hit Great Basin at least twice but if gas goes up over $4.00 I may not get that third visit
in. Outreach, I plan to
hit SPOC once a month this summer so that won't change, but I may hit a Harmon's more as those locations are usually closer. So gas will and will not impact my observing at a dark sites and at outreach. What could also change is instead of driving the Pathfinder I may
drive the Altima out to
SPOC and to other locations. Then again, it also
depends what life throws
my way over the next six months.
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