Optimizing my commute III

[asterroc]

I was reminded by mathsex people that (1) if I assume gas mileage and speed are equally important, that I could just average the optimal speed for both and I get around 65mph for the ideal driving speed, or (2) a potential way of giving a more realistic value to my time as compared to the gas mileage is to put a dollar value on my time - according to my salary that's around $20/hr. More math to come...

Comments

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

didn't know you were a physics prof! that's pretty damn cool :)

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

"Assistant Professor of Integrated Science / Physics"

I'm at a community college (aka junior college, aka 2-year school) which means in practice I teach physics, astronomy, earth & space, physical science, and occasional random other things, all at the freshman level, when not lower. :-P One of our mutual friends (I think the_xtina) told me to read your LJ in one of those memes b/c apparently we have some things in common. I seem to recall you're a math grad, but I could be mistaken.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

Physics semigrad (was doing a PhD in high energy physics, took a terminal MS and got out). If I go back, it'll be in CS, not physics - much as I love the subject I don't think I have a PhD's worth of interest in it. (Then again, I might just have been stupid to go into high energy because Rice didn't have anyone working in the area I was really interested in - should've taken a year and reapplied for a transfer to other schools)