Comments on: Going Green is Fun

By: Lori Luza

Lori Luza — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:00:27 +0000

I’ve been longing for a little scooter so I can save money and gas and better serve the environment.

If I get to a point where I trade in my truck, I understand I can get a $4500 credit, which could get me a good deal on a Smart Car.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:48:15 +0000

Kelly, Hope you have a great New Year as well. Going green often pays dividends financially as well for sure. I recently made the move from the scooter to a 500cc motorcycle. It gets lower gas mileage, but still more than twice my car. And given that my car is looking to finally be giving-up the ghost, we are excited about living with just one car and the bike.

By: kellypea

kellypea — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:43:16 +0000

Hey Phil! Happy New Year to you and yours! Great advice here. I agree w/ you on the smaller home. Ours isn’t huge, but I notice that we rarely use our living room, so could do w/less space. As far as the scooter goes, pretty cool. My husband lives only 10-15 minutes from here, so that doesn’t use too much gas, thankfully. I’ve seen lots of people around here with Smart cars and these sort of large golf cart type things for running errands, etc. My car doesn’t have quite the miles that yours does, but when we get another some day, it won’t be new, and will be very “green.”

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:30:38 +0000

Good stuff Matt. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Stuff is just overrated. The crazy thing is how enamored we are with getting the next latest and greatest thing until we bring it home, use it a few times and then attach our hearts onto the next latest and greatest thing we must own. Certainly the valuable things we “possess” are not things at all.

If there were anyone I’d guest write for Matt, it would be you. Problem I have currently w/ my workload is that I feel more like a guest writer to my own blog. I’m just slammed at the moment. However, you’re response to this blog and the thought’s this generates are certainly inspiring for future posts. Perhaps I could write a good post or two that could that would fit to be re-posted or referenced on your site.

By: Matt B (Credit Crunchies)

Matt B (Credit Crunchies) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:43:22 +0000

Start to think of everything you own as stuff. If you are a person of the Bible reading flavour additionally start to think of your stuff as “treasure on earth” and so in the great map of eternity of no worth what-so-ever.

Even so I am not the brand of shoes I have on. I am not my car and I am not my job.

Home made clothes are not in style right now but why not. A bit of practice plus a handful of pocket change for some patterns and those old curtains, oversized shirts, sheets etc. become all sorts of things. This is easier of you can get hold of a reasonable sewing machine.

Okay so you’ll never ware them to a grand opening ball but when you are cooking, shopping, gardening, relaxing – what difference does it make?

We’re going to be looking at such topics over at CC. Can I talk you into guest writing for Credit Crunchies Phil?