Withdrawal symptoms
Current Affairs, Quotes 06/03/2004 |Here’s what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey.
And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we’re hooked on.
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Ryan Waddell
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June 4th, 2004 at 2:32 am
It’s always funny to hear American’s bitch about oil prices.
Take a look at this page (sorry about the source, but I’m pretty sure the prices are correct). It compares fuel prices across Europe and the USA. Here in Belgium we pay on average 2,5 times more then the US.
It seems like the US doesn’t have a culture of restraint when it comes to consuming fuel. Here car manufacturers advertise over how fuel efficient their cars are and we all buy small(er) cars…
I wonder what effect it would have on oil consumption when the culture of big SUV’s makes a U-turn and all american’s start driving car’s