> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bradley H. Lamont [mailto:lamont@xnet.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 3:04 PM
> To: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Fwd: Protest Oil Companies
>
>
> At 02:41 PM 4/9/99 , John Steczkowski said:
> >
> >I've got news for you. I moved from Austin, TX when regular
> unleaded was
> >$1.10/gallon to Portland Oregon where gas was $1.50 or more a gallon.
>
> This is an interesting point. What price would gas have to
> rise to before
> fuel economy became an issue for most drivers?
>
> My car usually takes about 12 gallons. So going from $1.10
> to $1.50 (which
> is about what its done here in Chicago), raises the fill up cost from
> $13.20 to $18. Not a big deal.
>
> But what if gas went up to $4.00/gallon like in most other industrial
> nations? Then it would be $48 per fill up. That would
> probably be enough
> to get me to consider gas mileage on my next car.
>
> What about the general population? At what price do SUVs become less
> attractive - at $4/gallon an SUV costs over $100 to fill up.
In my case, going from 1.10 to 4.00/gallon bumps my fillup cost from $44 to
$160. (OUCH!!!)
But, what are my alternative? My Suburban typically has a minimum of 4
people in it, at the end of the summer, it will be a minimum of 5 (I don't
drive it to work). In the mornings, when my wife car pools to school, it has
at least 6 and occasionally 8. So, what are my options on transportation? A
minivan would save me maybe 10 or 15% in gas mileage, so I'd guess I'd just
keep the Suburban.
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John Steczkowski
Director of Software Engineering
Crossroads Systems, Inc.
512-794-2742
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