Petrol

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

http://www.economist.com/images/ga/2007w27/Petrol.jpg

[kams]

Brrroooooooooooommmmm Brrooooooomm

[grobelaar]

You got to wonder what the fuck the Americans do with it all - I mean I know there's 250M of them - but fuck me... it must be the secret ingredient in McDonalds burger cheese or something.

[Sheridan]

well, I think we may have more cars per capita than most nations.
on top of that, transportation of goods via trucks cross country is huge and spans about 3000 miles coast to coast.
people tend to forget just how big this country is, especially for an industrialized nation.

[mdk]

also every car is the size of a small house and even the basic models have aircon, refrigerator, plasma tv and a surface to air missile launcher, thats why they now measure their petrol usage in gallons per mile.

isnt that right sheridan.

[invisibledan]

not far off the truth...
was there for 5 weeks last year and every time youre out on the street pretty much anywhere we went (we travelled coast to coast in a big U shape) youd hear big V8s and the like roaring down the road generally in the shape of large pick up trucks and massive SUVs

[Sheridan]

also every car is the size of a small house and even the basic models have aircon, refrigerator, plasma tv and a surface to air missile launcher, thats why they now measure their petrol usage in gallons per mile.

isnt that right sheridan.


aye, not too far off.
even as the price of gas rises in the US people still buy suvs and large pick up trucks which get poor gas mileage. sometimes when I go to fill up my car I see the price of the previous car and I have seen some as high as $80 to fill up the tank.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

I have seen some as high as $80 to fill up the tank.

that high eh? That's what it costs to fill the average car in the UK.

[mdk]

its not too far off that here either.

it would be interesting to see a table of petrol price correlated with average income.

[Sheridan]

that high eh? That's what it costs to fill the average car in the UK.


I know.
that is why I get so pissed off when I hear people complain about the price in the states. we have some of the cheapest gas in the industrialized world, but most americans have blinders on and piss and moan about it anyway.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

yeah but it is all relative I suppose. A 10% price increase is bad for everyone, everywhere... I guess especially so in the US where the options to car ownership are practically non-existent unless you live in a big city.

The quicker it runs out the better really.

[love_tempo]

I suppose the only positive thing is that we aren't as truly dependent on oil as people make out. America could cut it's usage by a massive amount without grinding to a halt, they just need to be more efficient in their use.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

http://www.basereality.com/800px-Energy_consumption_versus_GDP. png

[grobelaar]

Do you think they/we/whatever will actually save enough oil to keep massive goods transportation going long after conventional use of oil has ceased.

Or do you reckon we'll all get our plasma tvs and cheap electronics delivered to us via nuclear powered cargo ships?

[mdk]

nah, teams of pigeons and huskies.

[Yer_Maw]

i hate having to drive to work, but its 2 busses (which i dont mind, its 5 mins each) but £4.20 a day! its a joke, id rather take public transport.

[bob]

"oh I wish I could take the bus but its really not practical...honest"
keep telling ursel that dave...

[FiST]

i hate having to drive to work, but its 2 busses (which i dont mind, its 5 mins each) but £4.20 a day! its a joke, id rather take public transport.

can you not get a monthly ticket daver?

[Yer_Maw]

"oh I wish I could take the bus but its really not practical...honest"
keep telling ursel that dave...

haha

there is two different bus companys and i dont think you can get a ticket that goes between the two.

[joe pinapples]

whit? wheres the infamous EK skills that saw an all day ticket last a month? get the craft knife and the biro oot.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

I drive cos it would take 1.5 hours longer *each way* on the train and cost me about £80 more a week. Cunts.

[decadnids]

i hate having to drive to work, but its 2 busses (which i dont mind, its 5 mins each) but £4.20 a day! its a joke, id rather take public transport.

if it's two 5 minute bus journey's couldn't you cycle? would probably take 30 minutes top.

[Yer_Maw]

i would its only 3 miles, but im bad enough on the road in the car and shit it whenever i see a cyclist.

[Lighter Thief]

Sinclair C5, dude. It's the future.

[decadnids]

i would its only 3 miles, but im bad enough on the road in the car and shit it whenever i see a cyclist.

walk? take 45 minutes or so.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

Think of the children.

[mdk]

3 miles.

thats blatant walking distance.

not that i can talk, i have to walk about 3 metres and still get a taxi.

[emef]

THIS THREAD IS LIKE A CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE

PLAYING TO THE FUCKING CONVERTED

what
is
the
point????????

YEAH BRILLIANT

petrol'n'oil... we''ll do... like... almost anything to get it

WELL DONE

[mdk]

OMG. people talking about things that they find interesting on a forum on the internets. JUST WHAT IS THE POINT. I CANT UNDERSTAND IT!!!!!111ONEONE

was it the graphs that upset you so much mike? look too much like lessuns in skool and lerning and stuff?

[emef]

haha it was the graphs... i think you might have me now






i hope i'm making sens... charlie is gettin fake evicted from the BB house right now
THEN GOING BACK IN after seei9ng all the house hate videos




BOOOOO YA KA SHAAAAAAAA


charlies out... dont booooooo


AS IF??????

[Spandex]

get a bike dave.. top tip..mate of mine bought a perfectly ok bike from ToysRUs for about £40 the other week.. serious :)

Traffic still terrifies me too.. I just go on the pavement if it's busy, or if i'm feeling nervous, or if there's a bunch of buses coming cos they go past you at 40mph and give you 30cm room. It saves me SHITLOADS of cash and I can get up half hour later than if i was getting the bus. Where u livin at the mo?

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

emef - living the dream.

[Yer_Maw]

get a bike dave.. top tip..mate of mine bought a perfectly ok bike from ToysRUs for about £40 the other week.. serious :)

Traffic still terrifies me too.. I just go on the pavement if it's busy, or if i'm feeling nervous, or if there's a bunch of buses coming cos they go past you at 40mph and give you 30cm room. It saves me SHITLOADS of cash and I can get up half hour later than if i was getting the bus. Where u livin at the mo?

yeah im considering it, its bike central about here and i have to park miles away from the university. Im living at carrington point just next to the tescos on hucknall road. well glad to be out of beeston, thats worth the trek to work anyway. Is that near you? Give us a shout if your up for a pint at some point.

[Spandex]

It's about 5 mins walk from me, if that. We should go down the Gladstone some time. Tis a great little pub.

[Yer_Maw]

sounds good, im up for that.

tried that indian restraunt on mansfield road yous mentiontioned a while back, pricey but worth it. you know if that japanese place up the road from there is any good?

[Spandex]

Some people reckon so. I've been there and never thought it was shit.. but not amazing either. It's good for the Teppanyaki thing.. juggling eggs n the like.

edit: and I just remembered... went there with the missus and they had a General Midi version of Robbie Williams Angels on a loop for the ENTIRE TIME WE WERE THERE. Probably why I have mixed feelings about it.

[Spandex]

This place is sposed to be good for Japanese...
http://www.higoirestaurant.com/
Never been there tho. Used to live spitting distance from it but was student skint at the time.