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Subj: Re: Fuel prices hurting?
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From: G4IJL@GB7COW.#44.GBR.EU
To : FUEL@WW
> There is no decrease in vehicular traffic in this part of my country,
> Paul.However conditions are vastly different from the UK because of the
> distances involved.. If I want to travel to our capital city (Perth) I
> have three choices - car (mine), bus (takes 6 hours) or air (1 hour but
> fare over $500 return). There is a railway but it carries goods only, and
> even then most freight goes by road. Perth is 410 km north of here.
> I go to Carnarvon each year for a couple of weeks' holiday - the only
> transport - car or air. If I go by air I have to hire a car when I arrive
> or else I am stuck in a motel or caravan park. No rail at all. No bus
> service. Distance 1200 km. Broome and Derby are further north again, air
> or car to get there. Most people choose car. Distance 3000 km to Derby,
> further to towns further north again and still in West Oz! Air or car
> again, and most people drive.Many drive four wheel drives such as Land
> Rover.
> On the local scene, I live about 5 km from the CBD of this small city.
> There are occasional buses to some parts, but most people use cars. We are
> stuck with the mmotor vehicle, there is little alternative. However the
> pattern of what to buy in the way of cars has changed. We are rapidly
> changing from large family type vehicles such as Ford Falcon and Holden
> Commodore (the most popular makes as far as large cars are concerned) to
> smaller vehicles because of the price of fuel. Many drivers have stuck to
> the larger vehicles but gone for either diesels or run their petrol
> engines on LPG which is much cheaper than petrol.
> As for the shop floor worker not having his own vehicle that is not the
> pattern here either. The first thing an 18 year old does here when
> starting work is to buy a vehicle. The result is that most families have
> at least one car but some have two or three, every member with his or her
> own. At my daughter's place there are two vehicles plus another for the
> son and one for his partner making four in all and that is pretty much the
> pattern.
> The elderly go for gophers, the little electric shop riders which are
> limited to 10 kph but can drive on footpaths. Cheap to buy at anything
> from $1500 to $6000 depending on the size and configuration. There are
> hundreds of these in use in this city.Mopeds are now proliferating too. I
> used one for a while till my doctor told me not to be stupid - I should
> not be riding one of those at 88 years of age!! I got rid of it but
> sometimes wish I had not.
Well, yes your distances are greater. However the unrest has started in
England see URL:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-13326275
People are blockading the oil refineries. It is anger at price hike in the
past few months.
73 - Paul, G4IJL @ GB7COW
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