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Amusing - American attitudes to High Fuel Prices.

  • 04-07-2008 6:10pm
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    WHITE_P
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    Source: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/224304/mike_rutherfords_column.html

    Why fuel prices are still THE only discussion point across America. True, their gallons are smaller than ours, but it’s still possible today to buy one for less than $4/£2. In my experience it’s hard to find an American who believes we pay nearly three times more than them at the pumps. And those who do insist that if their gas stations ever tried to charge ordinary folk $12 (£6) a gallon, there would be an “armed response” – whatever that means.

    Rumour has it that carjackers have been replaced by gasjackers – desperate thieves armed with weapons (and fuel cans!), who attack drivers not for their vehicles, but for the valuable liquid they have in their tanks.

    He makes some interesting observations about the most popular American vehicle of choice and their lack of progress when it comes to fuel consumption, also.


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  • #2
    Marcus.Aurelius
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    The oil industry is so powerful there, I can't see US car manufacturers rejecting the usual bribes to keep economonical cars off the production lines.


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