SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Brian LaFave couldn't care less how high gasoline prices climb these days — he's parked his pickup truck and is refusing to buy gas for a month, possibly longer.
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"The goal is to not use one drop of gas for 31 days," LaFave said, calling it his personal stand against the oil companies.

Now LaFave, 31, is riding his bicycle or walking everywhere he goes. He won't even let friends pick him up unless they already planned on being in the neighborhood.

"If they're not going out of their way, I can take the ride," he said. "But if they're going out of their way, then ... I'm still consuming gasoline so it kind of defeats the purpose."

LaFave started the effort May 11. He bikes to his third-shift job at Aldrich Chemical in Sheboygan Falls, a 9-mile commute.

"I did like a practice run ... two days in a row to make sure I could do it," he said. "I'm not in the greatest shape. The mornings are the worst. It feels like it takes forever. I get like a mile down the road and I want to die."

It's a big change for someone who put 300 miles on his truck the week before he stopped driving it.

LaFave fills out a chart each day listing how many miles he bikes, the destination and the gas price that day, among other things. He plans to compute his savings and donate that amount to a charity that provides food to children in Africa.

"I think just with the gas prices being so high, everybody complains about it but no one ever really does anything about it," LaFave said. "People continue to drive nonstop and not think about it, but I just wanted to take a stand and say, `I'm not gonna pay this much money for gas.'"

5/16/2008 3:02:39 PM

well lets give him a cookie

5/16/2008 3:04:31 PM

hahaha, thatll last a week or two before he gets lazy, tired, or it rains like hell.

5/16/2008 3:04:52 PM

Maybe he can ride his high horse to work.

5/16/2008 3:05:59 PM

now he knows what it's like to be a mexican. what point has he proved?

[Edited on May 16, 2008 at 3:06 PM. Reason : ^hahahahahahaha ]

5/16/2008 3:06:12 PM

what the hell. who wants to stop complaining and do something about it? what a stupid idea.

5/16/2008 3:07:00 PM

I would do this too but I am overweight and too lazy. I would rather use those extra hours at home watching TV or eating.

Welcome to America.

5/16/2008 3:07:07 PM

He lives in wisconsin

wait til it gets cold

5/16/2008 3:07:31 PM

Quote :

"FUCKING ICE SKATES"

5/16/2008 3:08:52 PM

speaking of gas, anybody know how much it is at BJ's?

5/16/2008 3:08:53 PM

I have gone 14 days without buying gas.

And expect to be able to milk it at least another week.

Not without USING gas though, I just havent driven all that much.

5/16/2008 3:09:37 PM

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"Maybe he can ride his high horse to work."

winner winner chicken dinner

5/16/2008 3:11:37 PM

your thread title is misleading

i routinely go >31 days w/o buying gas

but i avg. like 8 miles a day driving though

5/16/2008 3:33:24 PM

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"Maybe he can ride his high horse to work."

awesome gg

5/16/2008 5:13:12 PM

I haven't bought gas in 3 months

5/16/2008 5:15:05 PM

i just siphon my gas from all the people living in my apartment complex

5/16/2008 5:17:21 PM

i rode my bike to ht to return my dvd to the redbox thing today can i get a cookie too?

5/16/2008 5:19:05 PM

yep, they're in the produce section at HT

5/16/2008 5:20:09 PM

^ haha gg

5/16/2008 5:26:10 PM

He will topple the oil companies for sure.

5/16/2008 5:58:35 PM

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"yep, they're in the produce section at HT "

bastard

5/16/2008 6:00:26 PM

who the fuck cares

5/16/2008 6:56:44 PM

i think it's cool that he wants to do this...i mean, he's not even thinking about the money he'll be saving because he wants to give that away too.

5/16/2008 7:03:16 PM

HELL YEAH!!! STICK IT TO THA MAN!!!!

5/16/2008 7:27:47 PM

It would be hard, but I could do it (again). I've done about 31 days before when I got layed off from IBM the first time and quit my part time at Outback. It was a month exactly til' I got hired back at IBM, but I didn't go anywhere, didn't need to and was broke as hell. So it IS possible.

5/16/2008 10:38:43 PM

I'd attempt, but I just calculated my average commute is around 200/day.

5/17/2008 2:20:24 AM

Too bad I have to work in YANCEYVILLE tonight. (1.5 hrs one way)

5/17/2008 10:22:28 AM

once I move to New York in a week I won't be buying gas again

5/17/2008 10:45:38 AM

I quit my job the first of this month and have only filled up once since then.

I have saved a ton of money by not going anywhere, the only problem is I am gonna be screwed when I run out of money.

5/17/2008 12:37:40 PM

Maybe he can ride his high horse to work.

5/17/2008 12:39:31 PM

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"He lives in wisconsin wait til it gets cold"

I'm sure it will get cold in the next 31 days

5/17/2008 2:32:32 PM

OH SNAP!!!

5/17/2008 4:32:10 PM

I'm not that impressed. If he really wanted to make a difference he would have to survive without using any gas at all, not just without buying it. All of the food he eats gets delivered via trucks that use gas....that's pretty much the same thing as allowing his friends to go out of their way to come pick him up. This may have already been mentioned though - I didn't feel like reading everything.

5/17/2008 4:39:42 PM

he wanted to make slight lifestyle changes, not become a hermit.

5/17/2008 5:01:40 PM

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"He plans to compute his savings and donate that amount to a charity that provides food to children in Africa."

Fucking hippie idiot.

Anyway, the average summer temperature in Wisconsin is about 76 degrees, so it won't get cold anytime soon.

5/17/2008 5:06:28 PM

$70 to fill up off of 1/4 tank. take that mr bicycle man.

5/17/2008 5:58:24 PM

this does about as much good as someone being a vegan: not a damn thing

when i'm in raleigh, i'll go a month without buying fuel because i bike everywhere. where's my story?

i will tell you this though, i sure as HELL wouldn't be giving that money to Africa. money's short enough as it is.

5/18/2008 2:12:06 AM