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Have you changed your driving habits because of the price of gas? We may be looking at $4 a gallon by July. Has it affected your business at all, e.g., have you seen a change in the offers or payouts since the price went up? I wasn't privy to the affiliates business before last year.

I have always been a low gas consumer, and was careful about combining destinations into one trip. I have taken that a step further. Instead of going to a single area and driving to multiple destionations, I park in a good place and *walk* to the other places I need to visit. Saves a bit more gas, and gets me off my ass. :xomunch:
 


My truck hasn't moved since Tuesday. Not that I'm all that worried about gas prices, but just that I haven't gone anywhere except my girlfriend's house and to a few restaurants since then. Every time, we took her Jetta instead of my less-efficient SUV.

I don't drive much at all, seeing as how my commute consists of me walking down the hall.

I'm not even all that much of an environmentally-friendly guy, but when I think about it, I do less to harm the environment than many people that wear it on their sleeves. I recycle what I can simply out of habit, I drive a total of about 20 miles (or less) a week, I turn off lights when I leave the room because I'm cheap, etc. However, even though I drive so little and recycle everything I can, I still get scowls from self-righteous shit heads just because I drive an SUV.

To those assheads: get over yourselves. Some people actually DO use their trucks and SUVs for what they are intended for.
 
$4 a gallon?

Here in denmark the price right now is over 10DKK per liter. Thats about 1.8USD per liter. Roughly I give 6,84USD per gallon.

Stop your whining!
 
nis said:
$4 a gallon?

Here in denmark the price right now is over 10DKK per liter. Thats about 1.8USD per liter. Roughly I give 6,84USD per gallon.

Stop your whining!
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It's true that gas prices are higher in Europe, but you guys seriously don't have the sheer distances to travel between cities like we do. That's why it baffles me when Europeans talk shit about our public transportation systems. Europe's are great because they only have to stretch between distances the size of Rhode Island or Delaware. Try connecting every major city in the United States with a high-tech public transport system. The scale and cost of the project would be sickening.
 
DaveNL said:
In Holland it is the around the same price as in Denmark, you guys are fucking lucky to pay such a small amout for your gas
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The U.S. economy might actually fall apart if we had to pay prices like these, not only from the shock, but because of the long distances we have to drive between cities, to and from work. Our economic success is partly based on our sprawling and comprehensive interstate system. We're very good at moving things around between far distances.

I personally hope the price stays high so people demand more fuel efficient cars. My dream car is a Prius. I have no ego about what I drive; I want the most fuel efficient and easiest on the ecology. The car I might seriously buy is an Accord or Corolla, the next best thing.
 
not sure how much it will help, but sometimes I check gaspricewatch.com , saves me 5-10 per week.
 
I can't say that I have really paid attention to it... We drive a lot because we have three kids in various summer programs, and somebody has to drive them. :)

Though, I am not really the greatest person to ask as I don't pay much attention to how much gas mileage my car gets or how "clean" it runs. As long as Mr. Global Warming continues to fly in private jets, I know I am safe in my minivan. :D

Laura
 
Yeah, stop complaining... it's about 4 quid a gallon here - $8. And regarding distance - don't half of ya fly anyway? and a good chunk of the peeps that don't fly, don't travel outside their state.

Not sure what it's like there, but in Europe airlines pay fuck all tax on fuel - which is wrong - so it's cheaper to fly than drive up to Scotland for example.

Man, you guys were pioneers with long distance public transport with the railroads, yet over the last century have completely neglected it while parts of Europe and Asia have worked on providing innovative solutions that help everyone, not just the rich few.
 
LazyHippy said:
Yeah, stop complaining... it's about 4 quid a gallon here - $8. And regarding distance - don't half of ya fly anyway? and a good chunk of the peeps that don't fly, don't travel outside their state.

Not sure what it's like there, but in Europe airlines pay fuck all tax on fuel - which is wrong - so it's cheaper to fly than drive up to Scotland for example.

Man, you guys were pioneers with long distance public transport with the railroads, yet over the last century have completely neglected it while parts of Europe and Asia have worked on providing innovative solutions that help everyone, not just the rich few.
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I have to interject and why so many of the European posters keep telling us to "stop complaining." If you look back on the OP's, Laura's or my posts none of them were complaining about high gas prices.

I'm not starting a tiff or even a debate but it's you guys that are the ones complaining, not us. :D
 
I am so glad i don't drive... I want a BMW m6 for my first car (in like a year) and the gas mileage will be terrible. Hopefully my BMW is solar powers lol...
 
I moved from a remote Cali location that required driving for 30 minutes to get to any shopping to a city last year because I saw this coming.

I am saving over $1000 a year now because everything is less than a mile from me.
 
geekcognito said:
I have to interject and why so many of the European posters keep telling us to "stop complaining." If you look back on the OP's, Laura's or my posts none of them were complaining about high gas prices.

I'm not starting a tiff or even a debate but it's you guys that are the ones complaining, not us. :D
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Your right. Sorry, I misread the tone of the posts slightly.

One thing both America and Britain should do though is invest a lot more in public transport - for social and environmental reasons.
 
LazyHippy said:
Your right. Sorry, I misread the tone of the posts slightly.

One thing both America and Britain should do though is invest a lot more in public transport - for social and environmental reasons.
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Oh I totally agree with you, however I don't think Europeans take into account the sheer size of our country. I don't mean to patronize, but take out a map of the world and look at the size of the U.S. as compared to the entire EU. While Europe splits the responsibility of their public transport over multiple (relatively small) countries, in order to connect even the largest major metropolitan areas in the U.S. is a huge burden.

And please, no references to how much we spend on the Iraq war in response. Even the high cost of that endeavor would be but a drop in the bucket as to the high cost of development for such a system.

I truly believe that the future of environmentally-friendly travel in at least the U.S. will be hydrogen-powered vehicles. It isn't hybrids. What they don't tell the public about hybrids is that the damage the batteries will do to the environment is even greater than the emissions that a similar fuel-only car of the same size will put out.

Another option is the installation and implementation of powerful magnets in the interstate and intrastate systems, much like the technology utilized in supertrains. These would allow greater traffic control, extremely low emission output (if any at all) and increased safety in travel. It's viable technology, we just have to put the dollar$ behind it.
 
What's the situation in Canada or Russia (larger countries than the US)?

How many American's actually drive long distance? Sounds like you do, but I'm sure many either fly or don't travel much.

You're right, technology is the way forward, but it's also about a shift in attitudes away from personal transport to public transport - that's going to take a lot of time.

I think drive-on trains like the Eurotunnel could be a solution - allow the freedom of cars, but with the reduced financial and environmental cost of public transport.
 
In response to the OP; I drive a suburban--with six kids I need to. And I watch the price of oil and gas as a commodity. When the price gets low--in my opinion--I buy futures to hedge high prices later. I know summers are bad for me since I will spend about 1K a month on gas, so I buy more contracts. So far I have been paying about 2.53 per gallon after expenses--broker and taxes.

As to the general conversation; Gas prices in China $1.54 per/gal; Russia $1.45 per/gal; Canada $4.5 per/gal. (All exchange rate calculations and conversions have been taken into account.)

I am currently involved in a project to expand high speed rail in California--between LA and SF--and the project is daunting to say the least. The cost is exorbitant in the 100 Billion plus range easily. As well as the political reality that even though there should only be three to four stops every hick town along the way wants a stop, including the town I live in. As well as the fact that the landscape will be irreparably changed; environmentally. This will cause other political problems. The reality is that it is not our distance that is the problem to better public transportation, it is the choices that Americans have made--with their pocket books--that have led to suburban sprawl and the difficulty of public transport implementation (to many points of contact) and the increase in commute times as well.

Sorry for the lengthy rant.

Joel
 
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