Since I lost my job a year back, my one requirement for a new job was locality. The wife works down the street.
I now work a mile from home, and use about ten gallons of gas a month. More in the snow blower than the car.
It helps if one can stay local today.
Used to spend about $50 a week on gas. No doubt this lack of expenditure is doing wonders for the economy and the planet.
I can deal with the price of gas because it would cost too much now to get something more fuel efficient. I have two motorcycles but here in Alaska riding is pretty seasonal.
My big regret is that I do hate my job which is local, I would not be able to find another thats similar and pays near the same, all the better paying jobs are 50 miles away in Anchorage and with such a big truck that barely gets over 10 MPG commuting is out of the question, and I cannot carpool. My type of work does require a truck this size at times.
Even with a “local” job I have been paying on average $60-85 a week in fuel. Alaska fuel prices and a 1 ton dually with a 496 cubic inch gas motor.
What I did last year was to keep the dually service truck at work, use it for the big jobs but commute on my Yamaha 1300 Tourer, it gets over 50mpg.