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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Cohen, Jun 3, 2004.

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  1. Cohen

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    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040603/17/ev425.html

    ...As prices at garages in Scotland reached as high as 98.9p a litre...


    Let's see, a little under 4 liters to the gallon, a little under 2 dollars to the pound...

    ...about $7.00 /gallon?

    I get a little over 20 mpg I think, short little roundtrip Austin/Houston 360 miles... 18 gallons ...

    $125!

    yikes. That would cut down on travel. I'm glad that we already made the roadtrip from London to Scotland.
     
    #1 Cohen, Jun 3, 2004
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    They are smart...if we want to increase mass transit and lower polution in the States, put an outrageous tax on gas.
     
    #2 fatman510, Jun 3, 2004
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    prices in Australia are now over a dollar a litre.....
     
    #3 SmeggySmeg, Jun 3, 2004
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    As I mentioned before, still nothing compared to what we pay for Dasani and other bottled water.
     
    #4 Faos, Jun 3, 2004
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    Dang, that really puts it in perspective. I can't believe it costs $125 for a trip to Austin. Unbelievable.

    But at least the oil companies are reporting record profits.
     
    #5 GreenVegan76, Jun 3, 2004
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    Absolutely. A gallon of milk costs more than a gallon of gas. Of course, our economy isn't primed with milk, either.
     
    #6 GreenVegan76, Jun 3, 2004
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    actually bottled water i think in europe is quite expensive.
     
    #7 peleincubus, Jun 3, 2004
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    i got a 2 liter bottle of Evian water for $0.97 (US) in zurich, switzerland
     
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    maybe it was just italy when i went there. bottled (clean) water was outragous.
     
    #9 peleincubus, Jun 3, 2004
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    Hey Uprising, Whats the price in Saudi Arabia?
     
    #10 AMS, Jun 4, 2004
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    Problem is, it starts with city planning. Houston ain't been planned, at all.

    Only dense, centralized populations can sustain mass transit.
     
    #11 rudager, Jun 4, 2004
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    Wow. Not only would this destroy the airline industry, it would cripple any business that depended on deliveries or machinery.

    Talk about a good way to throw the economy in the toilet...tax the heck out of the one thing that everything in the economy needs.
     
    #12 Supermac34, Jun 4, 2004
  13. Bailey

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    Therein lies your problem. Cars over here are a lot more fuel efficient, with smaller engines. I get just under 40mpg from my car (a 2003 Mazda 323 GXi 1.6).
     
    #13 Bailey, Jun 4, 2004
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    You know what else would destroy the airline industry? Not having a reliable fuel source in a 100 years. In an increasingly unstable world a concerted effort to develop alternative renewable energy sources to oil is self-evident.
     
    #14 BMoney, Jun 4, 2004
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    agreed..but can we look for and develop those alternative energy sources without completely tanking our economy in the meantime, please? thanks! :)
     
    #15 MadMax, Jun 4, 2004
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    No, therein lies YOUR problem. 1.6? I could fart more power than that thing.
     
    #16 bigtexxx, Jun 4, 2004
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    Is it yellow?

    Have you ever seen 'Just Married'? :)
     
    #17 Cohen, Jun 4, 2004
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    Cheap gas == inexpensive goods. I like that. However, I've heard the counter-argument made that instead of importing stuff from halfway around the world maybe increased gas prices would make it more cost-effective to keep jobs in America and ship from within the country.
     
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    Really necessary with the speed limits you have over there, I'm sure. And it uses less of one of the world's scarcest natural resources.
     
    #19 Bailey, Jun 6, 2004
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