Most Europeans spend 2-3 times what you do on gas/petrol. Their
economies are not wrecked, they do not curl up in a foetal ball on
the living room rug and the sky has not fallen. They choose to drive
smaller cars, less far. Of course, in many cases (but certainly not
all) they have less far to go.
Driving long distances in huge, oil-hungry vehicles has become a case
of ostentatious consumption in both Europe and the US. People do it
to demonstrate that they can and 'screw the rest of you'. The average
US vehicle is now fuel injected, smaller and far more economical than
20 years ago.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 11/04/2007, at 4:26 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
> The
> problem is that oil is something most Americans simply cannot go
> without. In
> most places, if you want to have a job, you have to own a car and
> put gas in
> it to get there. You can't simply choose to not buy gas because it
> is too
> costly. Same goes for things like medical care and food. What will
> happen
> when oil gets too costly is that our economy will be wrecked.
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