At 03:51 PM 5/17/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> > The lowest price I saw on the montage was $2.099 per gallon in California.
> > I saw as high as $2.699 per gallon.
> >
> > I'm paying less in Texas than you are in Canada, though. ($1.499 per
> > gallon last time I bought gas.)
> >
>
>Border of Santa Clara and Sunnyvale, CA, (as of last night) the Valero
>station (used to be Exxon) was $1.979 and the CHevron across the street
>$1.999. In Foster City, where I work, it is now in the $2.10 range.
>
>Yes, I know this is still cheap gas compared to Europe. Much of that is
>due to taxation though. Hmm, human nature - path of least resistance - big
>inefficient cars, or smaller ones with more powerful engines because
>people like to go fast.
Or just to be able to get out of the way of all the big vehicles barrelling
down the road, absolutely unable to stop if the light turns red.
-- Ronn! :)
