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Sheboygan Man Boycotts His Truck Save Email Print
Posted: 4:43 AM May 16, 2008
Last Updated: 4:43 AM May 16, 2008

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Brian LaFave of Sheboygan could care less how high gasoline prices go these days.

He's parked his pickup truck and is buying no gas for 31 days and possibly longer. He says it's his personal stand against the oil companies.

That means the 31-year-old LaFave is riding his bicycle or walking everywhere he goes.

He won't even let friends pick him up unless they were already going to be in the neighborhood.

He started the effort May 11th. It requires that he bike to his third-shift job at Aldrich Chemical in Sheboygan Falls. That's a 9-mile commute from his Sheboygan apartment.

He's using a comprehensive chart to track how many miles he bikes, the destination and the gas price.

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

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Posted by: Pat Maher Location: Bangor, Maine on May 16, 2008 at 08:18 AM
Good for you Brian!! I'm also not in the best shape, 54-yrs-old, but bought a bicycle and am working my way up to doing the 8 mile commute to work. Congratulations on actually doing something and not just bellyaching. Good luck. Wear reflective gear and be careful ok?

Posted by: Julie Location: Plum City, WI on May 16, 2008 at 07:39 AM
If I was Brian, I'd donate the money saved to a charity that would help people here in the US instead of Africa. His heart is in the right place though.

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