This post was guest-blogged by Fabrizio Pilato, the head honcho of Mobile Magazine.
I know everyone is quite upset about the record gasoline prices here on the west coast of Canada. I for one am not taking it all that bad. I got myself a sweet road bike last summer for about $1000 and change. That cost me about half the amount I would spend on gas in a year. It was even cheaper than insurance.
Gas prices have just pushed me further into making those daily commutes fueled by a bowl of cereal, rather then big Oil Co. I’m sure I will get flamed for this, but I actually hope the gas prices keep rising. This has happened in Europe and people have managed to cope, take a look at the Netherlands, innovators in the way of alternative methods. Their gas is selling for around $6.50 US a gallon! If that were here, it would equate to around $1.85 a gallon. This explains why the Dutch have 16 million bikes on the road. If gas prices keep rising, people will not only be forced to look for other means of transportation, they will demand them.
So keep on rising gas, it ain’t gonna be cheap to pollute this planet of ours any longer.
Gas prices not as terribly high on the east coast yet (NJ). Still cost me $80 to fill the hummer though 😛
Gas prices hit $1.30 a litre in Vancouver a couple days ago. After converting to American dollars and gallons, that works out to about US$4.69 a gallon.
All are being cautious and you are out there feeding a monster..thats not good 😉
Gas is $1.10 a litre here on the other side of Canada (Toronto).
I did my part on taking subway to work instead of driving, which helps a little. 😛
In that case, I’m doing my part by working from home. 🙂
Gas here costs almost US$ 1.00 approximately and all are after low powered bikes..
i’m doing my part by taking transit and walking (which is not too often) !!
Seeing as Canada produces enough oil to meet it’s own daily demand, I wonder how high prices have to go before the people demand that all Canadian oil stays here to lower costs? I don’t know if that could legally happen, but we could sustain our own demand quite easily.
Well we technically could as Canada is not a part of OPEC, the problem is the government is making so much money off taxes, and the oil companies are making even more by selling their oil to the global market rather then keeping it local.
Come to the UK and enjoy US$7 per gallon.
– Martin Reed
Insane… compared to the rest of the world US has usually been cheaper than the insane prices you guys have.
I agree with the writer. I hope that the gas prices climb even higher. I think this is just sick when millions are spent on building the roads… While it would be much better to invest in better community transport. And of course bike roads. It mean I have to wait at least 20 minutes for the bus, sometimes it doesn’t even come. And when it does. I have to stand in the old smelly bus.
If community transportation would be better and had privileges I think many people would ditch their car and prefer the environment healthy way.
But it’s easy for me to talk. I haven’t renewed my driving license:D
It cost around SGD$1.95 to get you a litre of petrol in Singapore though its not very expensive, but we still have many daily commuters driving on expressways and the jam is horrible here given the size of our country.