Source: 5 bucks a gallon to clear the mindA Washington Post/ABC News poll found Americans would significantly cut back on driving if gasoline hits $4.38 a gallon on average.
Last edited by RAVAGE (2007-06-14 00:06:19)
In the UK it's about $2 a litre. Stop complaining.Harmor wrote:
Source: 5 bucks a gallon to clear the mindA Washington Post/ABC News poll found Americans would significantly cut back on driving if gasoline hits $4.38 a gallon on average.
Some people in the Green movement believe we should impose a $1.00/gallon gas tax to 'encourage' alternative fuels.
Is raising the cost of gasoline the only way to ween us off gasoline?
Last edited by Bertster7 (2007-06-14 09:55:45)
How much do you spend a month in gas?Bertster7 wrote:
In the UK it's about $2 a litre. Stop complaining.Harmor wrote:
Source: 5 bucks a gallon to clear the mindA Washington Post/ABC News poll found Americans would significantly cut back on driving if gasoline hits $4.38 a gallon on average.
Some people in the Green movement believe we should impose a $1.00/gallon gas tax to 'encourage' alternative fuels.
Is raising the cost of gasoline the only way to ween us off gasoline?
I've got a 1.1L engine, so not much. Driving a 4-5L V8 in the UK is pretty expensive though.Kmarion wrote:
How much do you spend a month in gas?Bertster7 wrote:
In the UK it's about $2 a litre. Stop complaining.Harmor wrote:
Source: 5 bucks a gallon to clear the mind
Some people in the Green movement believe we should impose a $1.00/gallon gas tax to 'encourage' alternative fuels.
Is raising the cost of gasoline the only way to ween us off gasoline?
Last edited by Bertster7 (2007-06-14 09:26:01)
It's propane.Harmor wrote:
What is LPG? Low Polluting Gas?
I spend about $300.00 in fuel every month, in a 1.8L family car that gets in the low 30 MPGs on the freeway, about the same as i spent back home in CA with my 7.6L 2 ton car that got 12 MPG on the freeway when fuel was at the $2.60 mark. With about the same amount of driving.Kmarion wrote:
How much do you spend a month in gas?Bertster7 wrote:
In the UK it's about $2 a litre. Stop complaining.Harmor wrote:
Source: 5 bucks a gallon to clear the mind
Some people in the Green movement believe we should impose a $1.00/gallon gas tax to 'encourage' alternative fuels.
Is raising the cost of gasoline the only way to ween us off gasoline?
, excuse me while I recover from laughing.RAVAGE wrote:
Private vehicle is one of the biggest pollutants, at the same time its "usefulness" to economic growth is one of the smallest.
Read it: Public transportation: good, like Europe.
Last edited by max (2007-06-14 09:51:39)
That's not true. You are right that it is only those living in cities who use public transport to get to work, but that is not a small percentage. In London 80% of people use public transport to get to work.max wrote:
In fact only a small percentage uses it (mainly a few who live and work in the cities). Public transport just takes too long, doesn't get you where you want to go and is too uncomfortable.
That's not really true either. It all depends on the emissions standards of the car. The US, for example, has stupidly lax emissions regulations (which is damaging to their automotive industry apart from anything else, since the dirty cars made there can't be sold overseas).max wrote:
Furthermore the amount of pollutants exhausted by cars is not as bad as you would believe. In fact cars are generally pretty clean in comparison to the rest of pollutant emitting things.
yeah, I suppose the really big cities (London, Paris, Berlin, ...) are an exemption to the rule. Here Public transport might actually make sense. Also the amount of people living there is not so great in comparison to the total population of Europe. If you look at a "normal" city the amount of people using public transport exclusively is way smallerBertster7 wrote:
That's not true. You are right that it is only those living in cities who use public transport to get to work, but that is not a small percentage. In London 80% of people use public transport to get to work.max wrote:
In fact only a small percentage uses it (mainly a few who live and work in the cities). Public transport just takes too long, doesn't get you where you want to go and is too uncomfortable.
I was talking from an European standpoint. Should have made that more clear. I agree that getting cars to be cleaner should definitely a goal, public transport outside of the cities is pretty much a waste though.That's not really true either. It all depends on the emissions standards of the car. The US, for example, has stupidly lax emissions regulations (which is damaging to their automotive industry apart from anything else, since the dirty cars made there can't be sold overseas).max wrote:
Furthermore the amount of pollutants exhausted by cars is not as bad as you would believe. In fact cars are generally pretty clean in comparison to the rest of pollutant emitting things.
Who was doom saying?GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
the dollar has constantly fluctuated. im sick of hearing all the doom saying.
Most economists.Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
Who was doom saying?GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
the dollar has constantly fluctuated. im sick of hearing all the doom saying.
Again, I didn't see any doom saying. I saw some one basically quote from a source, but it wasn't doom saying. Is the dollar down? Yes, so that is nothing but a statement of fact. There are worries of inflation, possibly getting worse due to low, and possibly additional decreases, in unemployment. Again, not doom saying. Some of it was fact, some of it nothing more than a standard inflation estimate based on current market conditions.Bertster7 wrote:
Most economists.Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
Who was doom saying?GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
the dollar has constantly fluctuated. im sick of hearing all the doom saying.
Last edited by Agent_Dung_Bomb (2007-06-14 10:01:25)
I've been paying $3.50/gallon for at least 3 months now.Harmor wrote:
With the devaluing US dollar we are starting to see inflation, especially with our 4.5% unemployment rate. All signs point to our unemployment rate to be 4.3% next month - an inflationary indicator.
Interest rates will probably have to go up to slow the hot economy. Prices can go up to about $3.50, I think, before we start seeing any serious signs of slowing in the economy.
There are a lot of economists saying that the combination of the weak dollar, fairly high inflation and out of control national debt will have potentially severe long term ramifications for the US.Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
Again, I didn't see any doom saying. I saw some one basically quote from a source, but it wasn't doom saying. Is the dollar down? Yes, so that is nothing but a statement of fact. There are worries of inflation, possibly getting worse due to low, and possibly additional decreases, in unemployment. Again, not doom saying. Some of it was fact, some of it nothing more than a standard inflation estimate based on current market conditions.Bertster7 wrote:
Most economists.Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
Who was doom saying?
No where did I see anything about the US folding up or the world as we know it coming to an end.