[Vision2020] conserving gasoline

[Richard Schmidt]

We have noticed out here (Greenville, NC) that there are less cars in the 
gas stations and traffic seems slightly reduced. It was really light on 
Labor Day weekend. Nolead dropped to $2.95 this morning here. We have 
certainly cut our gas usage and have cut our trips to the store in half. I 
am doing more business on the phone and mail instead of driving and seeing 
the customer face to face. I talked to sales manager Friday who is working 
with his outside sales force to cut driving time and spend more time on the 
phone. I filled my Taurus up the other day and it was $47.00. I can remember 
not too many years ago when I was shocked when it took $20 to fill up.

Dick Schmidt


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Solomon" <msolomon at moscow.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:01 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] conserving gasoline


> the link below to a NY Times article seems to indicate that we've found 
> the price at which the nation's gasoline consumers start to seriously 
> change their driving habits. $3/gallon seems to be the magic number 
> resulting in an estimated 5-10% drop off in gas consumption over the last 
> two weeks.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/business/14cnd-oil.html
>
> Mark Solomon
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