That's a really good point, well made (and nicer to read than the automatic Euro political slagging of previous commenters)
However, one of the reasons we have a public transportation system in the UK (yes, even in rural areas and long distance) is because we pay a higher fuel tax. So if your fuel taxes were higher, you could have a bus service which would be cheaper and less shitty for the environment, no?
"Go back to the free market, drop socialism, and instead of financing every program that comes down the road with taxes on fuel! Your cost will drop dramatically!"
You Yanks really like your cars, don't you. Ever heard of thinking about the well-being of your nation/community as a whole, rather than selfishly bleating about your $5 commute?
Of course, it won't matter much when the sea levels rise due to car pollution, will it? Or is global warming a socialist plot to get us to share all that hard-earned money on hippy solar power, man?
Yes, I'm being facetious, but you do all sound like a bunch of old women complaining that the price of fish isn't what it used to be.
Four measly dollars a GALLON? If I were you I'd get a big barrel and fill it right up; it's going way higher than that. Oh yes it is.
In the UK at the moment we have just almost (but within a month will have) hit £6.00 per gallon. Six pounds. That's roughly three times what you are all moaning about.
My wife and I refuse to do Valentines Day. A made-up 'celebration' at which flower prices double and you can't book a table at your favourite restaurant? Sounds like BS to me. Why not (randomly, as a surprise) celebrate your love for each other during the rest of the year. Or are you a drone? Your call. YMMV.
That's a really good point, well made (and nicer to read than the automatic Euro political slagging of previous commenters)
However, one of the reasons we have a public transportation system in the UK (yes, even in rural areas and long distance) is because we pay a higher fuel tax. So if your fuel taxes were higher, you could have a bus service which would be cheaper and less shitty for the environment, no?
I say it again - you /really/ like your cars...
You Yanks really like your cars, don't you. Ever heard of thinking about the well-being of your nation/community as a whole, rather than selfishly bleating about your $5 commute?
Of course, it won't matter much when the sea levels rise due to car pollution, will it? Or is global warming a socialist plot to get us to share all that hard-earned money on hippy solar power, man?
Yes, I'm being facetious, but you do all sound like a bunch of old women complaining that the price of fish isn't what it used to be.
In the UK at the moment we have just almost (but within a month will have) hit £6.00 per gallon. Six pounds. That's roughly three times what you are all moaning about.
Get used to it, or buy a bike.