Cost of gasoline, worldwide- Good thing we bike

[Owlie]

Zoom-zoom, that's funny, and sadly true...

Even though my commute is short, I live in a town with limited transportation options--no public transport to speak of, and it's not safe to bike or walk in my estimation, especially since I'm coming home around 8pm! (Since the way home is county land, no one's bothered to put in sidewalks, even though the town I live in does actually have them. I do not understand Ohio.) I drive a relatively fuel-efficient vehicle, though it is 12 years old. A tank of gas lasts me 3-4 weeks unless I'm driving to Cincinnati. I suppose I should take the bike rack off and get those fuel lines sorted out. That would help a ton too.

[Koronin]

The type of work I do I have to drive and a for me a tank of gas lasts anywhere from 1 week to 3 weeks depending on how much out of town work I have to do. The sad part is only one of the companies I work for gives any kind of gas money. So I have cut down of the work I do out of town. We did recently purchase a more fuel efficient car for me for work, but the bigger reason was it's also a more useful work car. My new work car is a used Nissan Versa. My other car (yes kept it) is a Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS. My husband drives a Ford Ranger that he gets just over a week out of a tank of gas. We live way too far for him to even attempt to bike to work and there's really no public transportation at all. Although he is considering if they allow it to park near a bike trail on base and bike the rest of the way to work and then after work bike back to the truck as that would cut down on some of the driving distance although it won't cut down on sitting in traffic trying to get off base. Once he's off base it's not a bad drive home.

[Jolt]

So glad I can walk to work and a lot of my everyday errands...

[lph]

It's not quite fair to compare without adjusting for cost of living, but still - I think prices here should be even higher. A very unpopular view outside of the cities, but still.

[shootingstar]

It's not quite fair to compare without adjusting for cost of living, but still - I think prices here should be even higher. A very unpopular view outside of the cities, but still.

Interesting lph.
But I suspect in Eritera, things /economy are so out of whack because whatever else is going on there, along with corruptness that causes an unstable economy.

I sincerely don't know the gas prices in my province off the top of my head. I'm not sure if our province is much different than other Canadian provinces. I just don't look at gas station signage. We don't have a car.

[zoom-zoom]

It's not quite fair to compare without adjusting for cost of living, but still - I think prices here should be even higher. A very unpopular view outside of the cities, but still.

Nope, I'm with you. DH and I don't say it out-loud very often, but we're sorta happy when gas prices go up...and that's even with DH's 30 minute commute each way. The only negative to the prices going up is the # of people who are struggling financially and HAVE to drive and may not have the means to change their driving habits and remain employed. Because we don't have viable public transportation options in a lot of areas it really can make things difficult for many. That part I don't like.

But when the well-heeled whine that putting gas in their Hummer or power boat is becoming a strain I want to smack them.

[lph]

Thanks, zoom-zoom. Just for the record, I was just speaking for Norway ("here"), because I know Norwegian society better. I know, I'm lucky to live in a city that has good public transport, and where I can bike to work. Many people outside of the bigger towns don't have this, and high gas prices will affect them unfairly much. But no way are people going to kick up a fuss and demand better bus routes if the easiest and cheapest way to travel always and forever is by car.

[zoom-zoom]

Thanks, zoom-zoom. Just for the record, I was just speaking for Norway ("here"), because I know Norwegian society better. I know, I'm lucky to live in a city that has good public transport, and where I can bike to work. Many people outside of the bigger towns don't have this, and high gas prices will affect them unfairly much. But no way are people going to kick up a fuss and demand better bus routes if the easiest and cheapest way to travel always and forever is by car.

Yep, that's my feeling, too. Though when our prices go up it doesn't mean that the added money is going into infrastructure, unfortunately...it usually means that some execs pockets are getting lined.