[Cialug] San Francisco in November

[Kenneth Younger]

Nevermind the relative risk injury and death of flying versus driving.
On Aug 30, 2014 11:30 AM, "Rob Cook" <rdjcook at gmail.com> wrote:

> The math is pretty damming for driving. From Des Moines, assuming that
> someone were to go along, it's 1800mi one way to San Francisco. Assuming
> that the car gets at least 30mpg and the current national average cost of a
> gallon of gas, today, is $3.43 we can crunch some numbers. 3600mi round
> trip divided by 30mpg = 120gal for the entire trip, divide that by 3/4 and
> you get 90gals for the passenger to cover so that is going to cost $308.70
> round trip.
>
> Kayak sez... Roundtrip flight from DSM to SFO leaving 10/31 returning 11/3
> is $333.
>
> And then there is this, the flights all said are around 15hrs travel time
> vs 52hrs in a car.
>
> All that adds up to a big no thanks, I'd fly.
>
>  Oh and if you flew from MSP instead, the cost is a wash, $308 round trip.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:43 PM, kristau <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Didn't the Mythbusters do a segment on this recently? They tested the
> > "myth" that any trip under 400 miles would be quicker by car. I believe
> > they confirmed it. That means anything over 400 miles will be faster by
> > plane. I fully realize that faster doesn't mean cheaper, but it may be
> > worth doing the math to compare on a trip from MN to CA. . .
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Anthony Jeffries <
> > ajeffri at angrywithunicorns.org> wrote:
> >
> > > I second this. Fly or take Amtrak. Driving across the Rockies (even
> going
> > > through AZ and NM) at that time of year can be difficult. I had to do
> > > almost the exact same trip and got delayed *twice* by snowstorms, and
> > even
> > > when we could drive it was often slow and treacherous. Fortunately, my
> > > employer was flexible about vacation time.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/29/14 10:22 AM, Aaron Porter wrote:
> > >
> > >> You're probably better off flying. Having done the drive a couple of
> > >> times.
> > >> Fares into San Jose don't look too horrible from MSP.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Brian Wood <woodbrian77 at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>  There's a meeting:
> > >>>
> > >>> https://www.meetbsd.com/
> > >>>
> > >>> out in San Francisco that I'm interested in.  I would provide
> > >>> a vehicle and expect you to pay for 3/4 of the gas and help
> > >>> drive.  If you are interested, please let me know.  I live in
> > >>> St. Paul, Minnesota, but could drive through Iowa and pick
> > >>> you up somewhere.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Brian
> > >>> Ebenezer Enterprises - So far G-d has helped us.
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