Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 09:56:08 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> Cc: "'FreeBSD Hackers mailing list'" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out Message-ID: <38BFEEA8.1A465CFC@softweyr.com> References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452201313909@l04.research.kpn.com>
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"Koster, K.J." wrote:
>
> Oh, those Americans. :-)
>
> Let's see: $1 per gallon in the US. $1.2 per litre in the Netherlands, times
> 4.5 (or thereabouts) is $5.4 per gallon in the Netherlands.
>
> Everyone in the Netherlands drives cars; everyone thinks gas is expensive.
> This means that the gas prices in the US can go up 440% and people will
> still drive cars and buy gas (and complain about gas prices, of course).
First, this off-topic for -hackers, so I've directed replies to -chat
if you want to continue.
Second, I know people that commute distances that would cross your
country. I suspect the average American uses a lot more gas than the
average Nederlander.
Third, our gas prices here are held down by all sorts of weird
government intervention, bizarre market shenanigans, and a public that
doesn't understand that the price of gasoline has risen only 4x in the
same period that the price of cars has risen 10x. That's certainly
NOT a "natural occurence".
Fourth, I'm paying $1.48/gal right now, and I want the price to go
DOWN, not UP.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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