I use one truck for everything: the farm, the ranch, my day job, hunting, etc. I average about 40k per year. I am trying to eliminate some of my miles, but figuring out what to cut out is hard. The feds say that the average american drives 12k per year or so and their annual fuel cost has gone up by $400 per year. Rural people have no choice but to drive more. Many of us have day jobs that require 50-100 mile commutes everyday. The grocery-feed-parts stores are 15 miles one way. The bad part of it is that incomes are traditionally lower in rural areas. These fuel prices have a direct relationship to many of the fertilizers and chemicals we use. My anuual cost have gone up several thousand dollars per year in the last couple of years.
JB