How much are you paying in your part of the country?USD2.39 - I think ... That's assuming the "gallon" you guys are buying is 3.8litres.
$1.56 or so down the street from me, but the picture on drudge that linked to the article below shows $2.28. Yikes, that is high!!!!
We have pretty much the cheapest fuel in Australia, with the lowest taxes of all the states, but unfortunately those taxes no longer go into the road improvements they were originally used for. Even here, there is still a very high proportion of government revenue in that price.
The fuel prices are having very little effect on Australian driving. Car pooling is only prevalent because of congestion and parking problems, not fuel, and the two big growth segments in our motor industry is big performance cars (mostly V8s of around 340ci) and what you would call SUVs. (Our new car sales increased 10% last year, but "SUV" sales increased 40%). Hybrids are little more than a curious novelty purchased by government bodies wanting to "look" green.
Cheers Russell Chapman Brisbane Australia
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