On Thursday 19 June 2008 06:56:19 Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

> If this keeps up, you will soon have Swedish prices. This is why I got
> rid of my car (a carless American?!?!
We took ours off road and store it in a garage we rent for £60 ($120) per 
month.

> In the southeast of England, I am convinced that everyone lives a one
> hour drive from work
Pretty much is that way, though more people (like my wife who has an hour and 
a half trip to work) are turning to public transportation.
I live in a small town, so fortunately it is convenient to walk to most of the 
places I need to go. When it's a bit further distance I ride my mountain 
bike.

> . Twice a day, the entire population hits the roads 
> and trades places. Or so it seems. I wonder what fuel prices are doing
> there.
Let's see...diesel now costs somewhere around £1.25 ($2.50) a litre. Unleaded 
gas is about £1.20 a litre.

Of course, more good news comes every day. Last night we were watching a recap 
of the late news and a government minister informed us all to be ready for a 
40% raise in home fuel cost right before Christmas. I find that particularly 
galling as British Gas had a *net* profit of £576 million pounds last year. 

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