Monday, 9 June 2008

Saving petrol consumption.. how?

Very recently the Malaysia government has lifted the subsidised petrol cost in Malaysia. The increase of petrol prices shot up 40% overnight and this really do cause a lot of moaning and stress. Especially for me since I travel between two states to work. Not to mention only the petrol cost.. with this increment basically everything will be more expensive. Just imagine this.. there is not a single consumable products in the market that is not directly or indirectly link to petrol. Regardless of what, they will need to be transported from somewhere.. and this is the link of most product! OUCH! Now.. think about the increment of electricity cost, water...etc.. OUCH OUCH and OUCH!

Today when I was back at office after 2 weeks away, this was the major topic of discussion. So.. in order to save petrol consumption, these are some of the suggestions I heard:

1) Do not travel out for lunch, do pack lunch!
2) Cycle to work.
3) Get a motorbike licence and 'car pool' with a colleague to share the petrol cost on the motorbike. Superbly cheap this way!
4) Always insist the VP to drive and you be the passenger so the higher management people pay for the petrol (which is paid by the company anyway).
5) Give up your car, move next to the office and walk to work.

What will you do to save fuel consumption?

1 comment:

TTB said...

But looking at it on the positive side... with the increase of petrol, some ppl are not in favour of driving - so less jam. So since most ppl prefers to stay home/ in, the carparks are less crowded - so easier to look for parking. Me, increasing my cake price $$$