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Couple organizes life around bikes
http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/pag...article=130639
Pretty interesting article, just kind of goes to show that it IS possible to live without a motor vehicle here in these United States of America. And heck if gas prices keep going up, and from what I can tell they will keep going up you might see more people breaking that old bike out of the garage and dusting it off! I think I saw a report on the 24/7 news channel that said gas could hit an average of $2.25 a gallon this summer, that is a lot! So for $5.00 you get a little over 2 gallons, which won't get you very far. Ken -- More of my mind dribblings: http://mind-dribble.blogspot.com/ And my homepage: http://kcm-home.tripod.com/ |
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Ken Marcet wrote:
gas could hit an average of $2.25 a gallon this summer, that is a lot! So for $5.00 you get a little over 2 gallons, which won't get you very far. 2.25 is less then people in Europe pay now. And now that the Chinese are getting in on the car craze, I'd not expect demand/prices to drop. I'm thinking they're just going to continue to rise. I'm all for higher gas prices. That's about the only thing that will get people to use less, thereby lessening our dependence on questionable countries. SUVs are ineffecient, they need to be prices out of existance. Rich |
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"Rich" wrote in message ... I'm all for higher gas prices. That's about the only thing that will get people to use less, thereby lessening our dependence on questionable countries. SUVs are ineffecient, they need to be prices out of existance. People who can afford the large, gas guzzling Pick-ups and SUV's aren't going to be deterred by higher gas prices. All higher gas prices will do is hurt the less affluent who have to drive to get to work and cause the price of transporting everything we buy to go up, which will, of course, get passed on to us. Cheto |
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"Cheto" wrote in message ... "Rich" wrote in message ... I'm all for higher gas prices. That's about the only thing that will get people to use less, thereby lessening our dependence on questionable countries. SUVs are ineffecient, they need to be prices out of existance. People who can afford the large, gas guzzling Pick-ups and SUV's aren't going to be deterred by higher gas prices. All higher gas prices will do is hurt the less affluent who have to drive to get to work and cause the price of transporting everything we buy to go up, which will, of course, get passed on to us. Cheto True suv's and pick-ups are here to stay, but they may become less common, if they start to loose thier appeal to people who don't *need* them, like the single guy down the block that has one just to try to impress the women. These are the suv'ers that I hate the most, you almost never see them with more than 1 passenger, so why not just drive a little Prius? I will tell you why: not enough *bling" factor in the Prius! The heck with the *bling*! Ken |
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:59:23 -0800, "Cheto"
wrote in message : People who can afford the large, gas guzzling Pick-ups and SUV's aren't going to be deterred by higher gas prices. All higher gas prices will do is hurt the less affluent who have to drive to get to work and cause the price of transporting everything we buy to go up, which will, of course, get passed on to us. And any other five good reasons you can think of for preserving an obviously unsustainable and pernicious status quo. Although there is no real evidence that high fuel prices affect transport choices in the short term (and this applies equally to the less affluent, incidentally, a group whose car use is steadily increasing in the UK despite the high fuel prices), there is fair evidence that, in the longer term, taxation does have some effect on reducing car mileage. Actually I think you may find that, in real terms, costs of motoring are falling year-on-year in real terms despite rising fuel prices. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound |
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:35:01 -0500, Ken Marcet wrote:
I will tell you why: not enough *bling" factor in the Prius! Depends on where you live, in Hollywood driving a Prius *is* bling in certain circles. However, I'd love to see Leo DeCraprio show up at the Oscars on a Bianchi Milano. Black version of course. |
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"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message ... On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:59:23 -0800, "Cheto" wrote in message : People who can afford the large, gas guzzling Pick-ups and SUV's aren't going to be deterred by higher gas prices. All higher gas prices will do is hurt the less affluent who have to drive to get to work and cause the price of transporting everything we buy to go up, which will, of course, get passed on to us. And any other five good reasons you can think of for preserving an obviously unsustainable and pernicious status quo. Although there is no real evidence that high fuel prices affect transport choices in the short term (and this applies equally to the less affluent, incidentally, a group whose car use is steadily increasing in the UK despite the high fuel prices), there is fair evidence that, in the longer term, taxation does have some effect on reducing car mileage. Actually I think you may find that, in real terms, costs of motoring are falling year-on-year in real terms despite rising fuel prices. Well I don't know any actual stats, but with the advent of moden electronic control systems, and better synthetic lubricants and such the cost of maintaining a new car bought today is less than a new car bought 20 years ago. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound |
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"maxo" wrote in message news On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:35:01 -0500, Ken Marcet wrote: I will tell you why: not enough *bling" factor in the Prius! Depends on where you live, in Hollywood driving a Prius *is* bling in certain circles. However, I'd love to see Leo DeCraprio show up at the Oscars on a Bianchi Milano. Black version of course. Oh yeah in certain circles out there it is in to be *green*, Leo, Diaz, and a couple of others I have heard about but I don't remember who are eco-friendly. |
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True suv's and pick-ups are here to stay, but they may become less common,
if they start to loose thier appeal to people who don't *need* them, like the single guy down the block that has one just to try to impress the women. Actually, I read an article this week which stated truck-based SUV sale volume has declined about 20% over the last several years. I would have discounted this claim, except the quoted source was with Ford. Consumers are beginning to understand the limitatations of these vehicles and are switching to alternatives such as car-based (i.e, uni-body construction) SUV's, which are significantly lighter, handle better, and are more fuel efficient (at least for equivalent performance). Higher gas prices will only reinforce this trend. Chris Neary "We will teach our twisted speech to the young believers" -- The Clash |
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"Chris Neary" wrote in message ... True suv's and pick-ups are here to stay, but they may become less common, if they start to loose thier appeal to people who don't *need* them, like the single guy down the block that has one just to try to impress the women. Actually, I read an article this week which stated truck-based SUV sale volume has declined about 20% over the last several years. I would have discounted this claim, except the quoted source was with Ford. Yeah I think I may have heard the same thing, but we are still going to have to suffer with all the BIG suv's until the go to the big car crusher in the sky! Consumers are beginning to understand the limitatations of these vehicles and are switching to alternatives such as car-based (i.e, uni-body construction) SUV's, which are significantly lighter, handle better, and are more fuel efficient (at least for equivalent performance). Higher gas prices will only reinforce this trend. Chris Neary "We will teach our twisted speech to the young believers" -- The Clash |
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