Cap'nPanic
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Yeah we'll be able to remember the days when 3.19/gal gas was cheap when in a short time we'll be paying close to 5-6/gal. About two years ago Scotland's gas prices were equivalent to 7 U.S. dollars, and many Scots have since sold their vehicles and started sharing one vehicle with the entire family, and if they lived in the city they didnt even own a vehicle, they just rode the trains or took a cab.
For larger metropolitan areas, I can forsee more cab services coming about and more public transit services, perhaps maybe Amtrak will make comeback with rising gas prices when people realize it will cost them less for a two way train ticket than it would to take a private vehicle.
For rural areas (where Im at) I guess the family will have to share one vehicle and the kids just need to start staying home more. And lot of my neighbors have sold their F-350s and bought Reg. cab F-150s or just bouth a Ranger XL, which saves more on gas. Me, my next vehicle will likely be a Ford Escape, the only reason I need an SUV is because I need to have a safe way to haul my dog and my child together, with the dog in a kennel in the back and my daughter in child seat. Plus I also have a boat that I use often for fishing or duck hunting.
My mom has parked her SUV and said she isnt driving it unless the whole family is going with her and she is looking for a small two door car to drive back and forth to work, her SUV is paid off.
That mtn bike is looking nicer and nicer everytime the gas goes up, I could use the excercise anyhow.
BTW gas jumped to $3.09 in the last hour, and two stations are completely out of gas.
-Cap'nPanic
For larger metropolitan areas, I can forsee more cab services coming about and more public transit services, perhaps maybe Amtrak will make comeback with rising gas prices when people realize it will cost them less for a two way train ticket than it would to take a private vehicle.
For rural areas (where Im at) I guess the family will have to share one vehicle and the kids just need to start staying home more. And lot of my neighbors have sold their F-350s and bought Reg. cab F-150s or just bouth a Ranger XL, which saves more on gas. Me, my next vehicle will likely be a Ford Escape, the only reason I need an SUV is because I need to have a safe way to haul my dog and my child together, with the dog in a kennel in the back and my daughter in child seat. Plus I also have a boat that I use often for fishing or duck hunting.
My mom has parked her SUV and said she isnt driving it unless the whole family is going with her and she is looking for a small two door car to drive back and forth to work, her SUV is paid off.
That mtn bike is looking nicer and nicer everytime the gas goes up, I could use the excercise anyhow.
BTW gas jumped to $3.09 in the last hour, and two stations are completely out of gas.
-Cap'nPanic
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