With prices rising so dramatically, it just makes sense for a courier driver to pick up your next delivery. When you figure in the cost of $2.50 gas plus traffic time plus increased insurance exposure and depreciation on your car, it seems logical to call a courier. When you figure that your car will put 80% more pollutants in the air than a hybrid, it all just points to Green Express. Life just seems better when you turn over your burden to the guys driving the hybrid electric cars.
In the last month, gas prices have surged roughly 36 cents a gallon in the Atlanta area. As spring break approaches, analysts say prices will continue to increase. There is always some unavoidable reason for the gauging of American consumers. Potential bad weather, a brewing war with a Middle East country and of course, supply and demand. Basically, the oil companies can raise prices because we don't really have a choice or other options. The US economy is dependent on oil. We drive vehicles and most vehicles run on gasoline. At this point, we have no leverage.
This morning, I put $2.49 gas in my Prius. I spent a total of $28 which made me feel kind of sick. Granted, its a whole lot cheaper than what owners of SUV's must be experiencing. What made me feel worse was that I read that Atlanta has cheaper gas prices than most places in the United States. And every prognosticator believes prices will keep rising over the next couple of months because we are moving into the "travel months".
On a positive note, I am getting 50.1 miles per gallon in my Prius. The bumper to bumper traffic on Highway 400 every night is really increasing my fuel efficiency. The DOT opened up more lanes all the way to Windward Parkway which makes the drive, a whole lot better. Unfortunately, after Windward the cars all come to a grinding halt. Oh, yes a marketing opportunity because we have our logo on our cars. Yes, I do get people giving the friendly wave which means they like our "Atlanta's Earth Friendly Delivery Company" concept. Hopefully, they will all be future customers.
Until then, we will keep delivering same day, route and over night packages in metro Atlanta. We love business to business courier work but we also offer home delivery and after hours package delivery. Its time to make
Green Express part of your daily operation.
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