Imagine if gas were $10 a gallon

[Bagpuss]

can you imagine that? OK Yes you can that's Britain today


Thousands of truckers would go bankrupt. Airplanes would sit idle in hangars. Restaurants and stores would shut down. Car-pooling, hybrid vehicles, scooters and inline skates would swing into vogue. And telecommuting, rooftop vegetable gardens, home cooking and recycling would proliferate


http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...rsAGallon.aspx

[Pondlife]

can you imagine that? OK Yes you can that's Britain today


Thousands of truckers would go bankrupt. Airplanes would sit idle in hangars. Restaurants and stores would shut down. Car-pooling, hybrid vehicles, scooters and inline skates would swing into vogue. And telecommuting, rooftop vegetable gardens, home cooking and recycling would proliferate


http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...rsAGallon.aspx

Doesn't sound so bad when you put it that way...

[Churchill]

I tried the "find the cheapest" gas(petrol) option on 90210 - the only zip-code I know.

$4 per gallon. Even though their gallon is smaller than ours, $4 a ******* GALLON?

[chicane]

Thousands of truckers would go bankrupt. Airplanes would sit idle in hangars. Restaurants and stores would shut down. Car-pooling, hybrid vehicles, scooters and inline skates would swing into vogue. And telecommuting, rooftop vegetable gardens, home cooking and recycling would proliferate

Don't know about any of the above, but I'm sure the roads are noticeably quieter since the recent price rises. Anybody else see this?

[Churchill]

Don't know about any of the above, but I'm sure the roads are noticeably quieter since the recent price rises. Anybody else see this?

I've noticed that more people are adhering to the speed limits.

[roadster198]

I've noticed that more people are adhering to the speed limits.

Y E S!!!! I thought it was just me who noticed

[Churchill]

Y E S!!!! I thought it was just me who noticed

They're still driving like noodlers though.

[chicane]

Anyway, no need to worry, because the second page of the article offers the following words of comfort:

Some of these things, such as small cars and excellent public transportation, are already entrenched in Europe and Japan.

It's a good thing we've got clean, cheap and reliable public transport(ation), otherwise I'd need to be back in my car paying £5 per gallon.

[Churchill]

Anyway, no need to worry, because the second page of the article offers the following words of comfort:



It's a good thing we've got clean, cheap and reliable public transport(ation), otherwise I'd need to be back in my car paying £5 per gallon.

Here's a laugh, in Cambridge we're currently having a "Guided Bus" route being built to replace an old disused railway line.

The bus won't stop in most of the towns that the route passes through!

[sasguru]

And to think I got the piss taken out of me for having an Aygo.
65 miles to the gallon, last filled it in March.
You lot can throw away your hard-earned on petrol if you like