Comments on: Green Matters: Reducing my Commute will Fund my Retirement; 10 Ways you can Save at the Pump!

By: Andre

Andre — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:21:43 +0000

I live just 1.5 miles from my job. In over 20 years of working professional corporate jobs in six different cities I have never lived more than 10 miles from my job. Coworkers and others that complain about long commutes have only themselves to blame and I find they regularly make excuses for their long-distance living arrangements. (Or claim that the hour-long commute helps them “unwind.” I’d rather unwind at home an hour earlier at he end of the work day.)

Basically, the long-distance commuters want larger, newer homes with larger lots than what is generally available closer in to the city.

Also, on my daily drives to work, I’ve always wondered why it seems that commuters from the north side of the metropolitan area head to jobs in the south side, while at the same time, those on the south side head to jobs on the north side. (Or , east-west.) They all should just switch residences.

By: Insurance Information

Insurance Information — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:57:16 +0000

Hi there,

Some really interesting ideas here and with the prices of fuel these days you would be foolish not to adopt them. I recently changed my insurance job to one that worked from home. I was on average doing around 100 miles a day in a gas guzzling Audi which saves me around $800 per month. Using your calucations and dependant on investment performace (of course!) this would equate to several millons of dollars in my retirement fund. The trick here of course is to actually put your saved cash into the pension, which I am pleased to say I have and given the rock bottom prices of unit values at present my dollars are purchasing even more for my money which equals more bucks in retirement should prices rise nicely in the next 20 years or so! Thanks for the tips, we can all draw something from them.

By: Ted Warren

Ted Warren — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:05:07 +0000

I doggone LOVE these tips…I can look at this list and truly see the “error of my ways”. I’m not kidding you, I have been doing the opposite of almost 100% of these things you listed. I’m not proud of this, but man it’s an eye opener. Thanks for sharing.

By: G.E. Miller

G.E. Miller — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:48:11 +0000

@ retirement – there will definitely be more coming, thanks for the enthusiasm. Any time you can combine two positives – saving money and lessening your impact on the environment – it’s a good thing.

By: Retirement Planning Tips

Retirement Planning Tips — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:11:53 +0000

How many more of these “Green Matters” posts will you be doing?

I particularly like your idea about saving fuel expenses and using the savings to boost my retirement fund.

After living in Holland for five years and then moving to the UK, I was already used to riding a bike, and so stuck with doing that. It can be a little uncomfortable at times when it’s raining, but overall, i enjoy the fresh air and save at least 150 GBP per month on fuel, car insurance and road tax.

Thanks for the tips and I look forward to seeing more.