How Many Miles to the Bushel? - New York Times

How Many Miles to the Bushel? - New York Times: "How Many Miles to the Bushel?


By PAUL B. BROWN
Published: May 27, 2006

TOO often, discussions of alternative energy take place in an alternative universe where prices do not matter,' Popular Mechanics reports.

To remedy that, the magazine set out to figure out what it would cost to drive from New York to California using seven types of fuel.

It was not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison. Because there was not one automobile that could handle all types of fuel, the magazine tried to match the cars as closely as possible in size and weight. And the price it used for gasoline — $2.34 a gallon — is about 20 percent less than most people are now paying at the pump."