caesar romano

We see a lot of that here in America, only instead of a Focus it's a
"soccer-mom" in an Excursion or some other brand PigUV.

What an excellent idea!

jay1028

I am in the minority with the 2003 ZX5. There are so many trucks and
SUVs that you have to look hard to find a small car in the bunch. We
also have an Explorer V8 that we use to pull an RV on rare occasions.
The Explorer mainly stays in the driveway. I actually put a battery
charger on it once and a while to keep the battery up, it gets used so
infrequently.

What really bugs me is that while in line and waiting for the bell to
ring and no cars are moving for 12-20mins, these people keep their
engines running. I am afraid nothing will change here until maybe
another generation or two. Too many people still think nothing of $3
a gallon gas.

caesar romano

It won't be nearly that long. In another 10-years we'll be seeing
$6/gal gasoline here in the U.S. and probably twice that in
Europe/U.K.

chris whelan

IANAM (I Am Not A Mathematician), but I make the current price of UK "gas"
as 7.28USD per US gallon!

Chris

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alan

In message <IGYFi.32160$Db6.342@newsfe3-win.ntli.net>, Chris Whelan

The last tankful of petrol (gas) in my UK Focus was equivalent to 90
USD.

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caesar romano

Well, I was being an optimist, but I guess $6/gal gasoline (i.e.
doubling of price) with 5-years in the U.S. is probably closer to the
mark.

What is the current price in Euro's/L of gasoline in Europe?

jorgen moquist

Lowest price in stockholm/sweden is 11.09 skr/L, which is about 1.2 euro.
/Jorgen

caesar romano

Ok then: 1.2 euro x 1.38usd/euro = 2.58usd/L

2.58usd/L x 3.8L/usg = 9.80usd/usg

So Stockholm is about 5-years ahead of the U.S. on the pretroleum
price curve.

jorgen moquist

today our "beloved leaders" announced an extra carbondioxide tax.
0.29 skr extra per litre petrol, 0.50 skr extra for diesel. ;-)
/Jorgen