graywolf wrote:
Unfortunately in 99% of the US today an automobile is a necessity not a
luxury. That said, do not believe that price does not affect gas usage.
Many people I know have reduced their non-mandatory travel quite a lot.
However that was last year and much of non-necessary mileage is already
gone from the budget. One does have to go to work or school or whatever,
no matter what the price of gasoline is. Since I moved up here into the
mountains I have had to first reduce my pleasure travel to nil, then do
the same with visiting out of town friends. I still drive into town, 5
miles, to the post office Monday to Saturday, mostly just to get out of
the apartment and socialize a bit. If gas keeps going up I will probably
be stuck only driving to and from appointments. As it is I am now only
burning one tank of gas a month but that is nearly 10% of my income.
Geesh! Thats alot. Get a moped man, its only 5 miles. ;)
Even my more affluent friends have cut their annual mileage in half over
the past couple of years ago. Remember half of the families in the US
make under $30K a year, these kinds of gas prices hurt them badly. Not
to mention that the price of food goes up proportionally with the price
of gas.
So far the price of other stuff has not gone up that much. Maybe its
because the gas cost is a small percentage of the actual product.
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P. J. Alling wrote:
I've seen predictions of $5-6 US per gallon being being where price
starts making a differenced to gas sales, looks like that might be right.
Lucas Rijnders wrote:
Op Fri, 28 Apr 2006 05:07:55 +0200 schreef P. J. Alling
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About $2.99 for regular.
Quickly approaching €1,50/l (which is about $7,- per gallon). Glad I
ride a bicycle to work :o)
I haven't seen any fewer cars on the road...
No, but people do adapt their style of driving to save fuel. Last
year, when the gas prices went over €1,40/l Shell reported 5 to 10%
decrease in sales in the Netherlands. They were very surprised, as
gas is said to be very price-insensitive.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Can it be we'll someday look back wistfully on these prices when we
remember the good old days? What are the prices in your area?
http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/gasprices.html
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