this is a good idea! if only american cities were organised in such a way that everyone could take the subway or bus and/or walk!
*on the east coast it's better, but i know how hard it is out west. here in seattle our roads are awfully busy, and it seems everyone has an SUV or huge truck. i'm lucky i don't live too far away from my school; i just ride my bike or carpool with my parents! it may not be "cool" but it's cost effective and environment-friendly.
issues like this make me want to return to europe, where gas prices are [by our standards] insanely high [paris = $6 a gallon when i was there last] but people weren't bothered by it because they just take the metro and/or walk. here in the states, i guess we just have to make due.
This is a good idea in theory however, any way it goes our gas prices will still stay expensive. Summer time gas is always more expensive, because we people and in this case Americans travel more. The gas prices are increasing (however I have seen them between 2.50 - 3.00) here, it is directly related to the fact of the gulf coast oil industries. My dad works for a gas company not exon or Mobil (Shell) and the fact that they had a couple plants in La and some refineries, off of the coast (some of which were devastated by the hurricanes) that is why prices are so high. In all reality I think the only way any of this will work is through protest not towards the gas companies but toward the automobile companies to start pressuring them into making better electric/oil or hydrogen powered cars. The fact is Oil is being tapped and right now they are working with an ethanol by product to try to make our oil last longer, however it is just decreasing the amount of mileage we can get out of our cars. I know I talk alot of shit about texas
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this is a good idea, but there was a special ont he news about this and some expert just said that the oil companise will do their bussiness elsewhere, so the prices will still remain high. the most effective way is to just not drive as much :-/ we can do serious damange we all drive 3% less or osmething along those lines
My current average is 30.4 miles per gallon. My car baby and I are doing our job at contributing to lessen the amount of gas purchased. I'll go wherever has the cheapest premium. Kthx. =)
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*on the east coast it's better, but i know how hard it is out west. here in seattle our roads are awfully busy, and it seems everyone has an SUV or huge truck. i'm lucky i don't live too far away from my school; i just ride my bike or carpool with my parents! it may not be "cool" but it's cost effective and environment-friendly.
issues like this make me want to return to europe, where gas prices are [by our standards] insanely high [paris = $6 a gallon when i was there last] but people weren't bothered by it because they just take the metro and/or walk. here in the states, i guess we just have to make due.
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My car baby and I are doing our job at contributing to lessen the amount of gas purchased.
I'll go wherever has the cheapest premium.
Kthx.
=)
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