Fuel prices are dropping
 

Looks like that free air you breath in your area is not so free
after all. The price here dropped to $1.849 today ;)


mike hunt



George Graves wrote:
>
> In article . net>,
> Mike > wrote:
>
> > You don't live on the west coast then, its still over $2.15 a gal.
>
> In the SF Bay Area it's over $2.50/gal for REGULAR. It will be at $3.00
> before the summer peaks.
>
> --
> George Graves
> ------------------
>
> "This election is shaping up great. Our choices
> are a guy who has a lot of second thoughts, or
> a guy who has never had a first thought."
> -- Jay Leno

"Bob Muse" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:49:20 +0100, > wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:19:33 +0100, Tom Boltwood >,
> >wrote:
> >
> >>I can't believe you meant England in the UK
> >Ah but this an American's perception of what Brits think. <LMAO>
> >
> >As with most of these perceived views of life outside
> >the actual USA, the reality is rather different. :-)
> >
> >I would hate to post anything that smacked of politics,
> >but fuel taxation is politics, and so is the American perception of the
> >UK. Just because President B Liar and Prime Minister Bush are
> >interchangeable doesn't mean US fantasy swops with Real Life . <LOL>

> My perceptions of the UK were turned upside down when I visited there.
> They aren't from my armchair here in the states, they were formulated
> through dinner conversations with more than 40-50 people. Their
> opinions and attitudes varied of course, but they usually felt like
> the gas taxes were the right thing to do even if it created a hardship
> for them or at least guided their lifestyle where fuel was concerned..

Hmm. Where did you visit? An anti-car convention? ;o)

(More likely, somewhere like a leafy suburb of London, where a car is too
expensive to run when compared to plentiful public transport)

I must confess that I only know of one person who was happy with fuel prices
over here.

Finnish, and a fanatical anti-car cyclist, he found himself in the situation
of needing a license for his job, passed the test, and promptly moved to
Spain. Complaining about "rip-off Britain" as he packed..

Consider yourself trumped :o)

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Disclaimer: the opinions expressed in this opinion do not necessarily
reflect the opinions of the highly-opinionated person expressing the opinion
in the first place. So there!

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 09:08:24 +0100, "Hairy One Kenobi"
]> wrote:

>"Bob Muse" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:49:20 +0100, > wrote:
>>
>> >On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:19:33 +0100, Tom Boltwood >,
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >>I can't believe you meant England in the UK
>> >Ah but this an American's perception of what Brits think. <LMAO>
>> >
>> >As with most of these perceived views of life outside
>> >the actual USA, the reality is rather different. :-)
>> >
>> >I would hate to post anything that smacked of politics,
>> >but fuel taxation is politics, and so is the American perception of the
>> >UK. Just because President B Liar and Prime Minister Bush are
>> >interchangeable doesn't mean US fantasy swops with Real Life . <LOL>
>
>> My perceptions of the UK were turned upside down when I visited there.
>> They aren't from my armchair here in the states, they were formulated
>> through dinner conversations with more than 40-50 people. Their
>> opinions and attitudes varied of course, but they usually felt like
>> the gas taxes were the right thing to do even if it created a hardship
>> for them or at least guided their lifestyle where fuel was concerned..
>
>Hmm. Where did you visit? An anti-car convention? ;o)
>
>(More likely, somewhere like a leafy suburb of London, where a car is too
>expensive to run when compared to plentiful public transport)
>
>I must confess that I only know of one person who was happy with fuel prices
>over here.
>
>Finnish, and a fanatical anti-car cyclist, he found himself in the situation
>of needing a license for his job, passed the test, and promptly moved to
>Spain. Complaining about "rip-off Britain" as he packed..
>
>Consider yourself trumped :o)
The people I interacted with the most were in Cleveland up on the
North Sea Coast. Not leafy and certainly different than the people
around London.

In article >, bmuse1
@no.spam.comcast.net spouted forth into alt.autos.alfa-romeo...
> The people I interacted with the most were in Cleveland up on the
> North Sea Coast. Not leafy and certainly different than the people
> around London.
>
>

Typically things are cheaper the further north you go, until you hit
Scotland where it can all go weird.

But now all over the UK, people have had enough. It's getting to the
point where not just the amount of fuel it uses, but the price of the
fuel you pay is dictating what car you drive. That's just wrong.

It isn't using less fuel because you want to use less fuel (a good thing
having choice), it's using less fuel because you have to use less fuel,
because you can't afford to use the same amount of fuel as you used to
(a very bad things). BTW, inthe height of Summer, busses and trains
stink because even those with air conditioning have it is either
switched off, or in a state of disrepair. Although busses with Aircon
isn't exactley a regular site either.
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Carl Robson
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