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So don't drive on the what? 4 days a year the snow is so deep the ploughs and gritters can't get through.
You complain at $4 a gallon? That's 40% cheaper than standard EU prices. That has nothing to do with the relative price of the commodity and everything to do with the untouchable status of fuel tax in the US and Canada. If the government is too timid to tax gas to encourage people to buy more fuel-efficient cars ( I'm talking 40-50 MPG, not 25-30) then there's no hope that the US and Canada will bring down their CO2, greenhouse emissions.
US is how many square miles?
europe is small, you don't have to drive as far. Not the same scenario.
US is how many square miles?
europe is small, you don't have to drive as far. Not the same scenario.
Then drive something more efficient. Or car pool. Funny thing, when the price of gas was so high, people here were doing that big-time.
Bottom line, the decisions that other people make affects my bottom line when it comes to gas prices.
An increased cost of fuel will push towards fuel efficiency. The questions is... when? I am not totally against a graduated fuel tax (at a rate of something like a penny per month for the next three years).
What you drive Route 66 every day?
Europe might be smaller, but it ain't small. My nearest supermarket is 50 miles away! Nearest city, 65 miles away.
In any case, a car that's does 40 MPG would be even better if you do a lot of miles, no?
Ohhh, so I should be able to prevent people from doing things that affect my bottom line, like requiring CO2 scrubbers on generating plants??
The reason you put those scrubbers in action does effect your bottom line, you just cannot see an instantaneous effect. Do you believe firms have the right to freely pollute as is dictates towards profitability?
So landscapers, and people who haul goods, and other working people will have to suffer, for percieved "fuel efficency"?
If europe had the square milage of the US and was as spread out, europes gas prices could not be sustained at thier absurd rates.
I think he ment the distance.I used to. I lived in NM, and drove 66, 550, etc almost daily.
Yep.Some farms out west span more than that.
Landrover Defender? - Yep. The Rangerover and Toureg, maybe.Depends, what is its milage loaded down with cargo and work stuff?
What is its hauling capacity? Can it plow? haul mulch, carry more than 4 people comfortably?
Most commercial transportation firms have special tax rules for fuel. At a rate of a penny per month, nobody is going to see a major period of pain unless of course there are supply implications.
People, like me, that are required to drive large vehicles do not get any special fuel rates. It is deductible as a business expense from income tax, but I pay the same price for gas as someone driving the family minivan.
I think he ment the distance.
Landrover Defender? - Yep. The Rangerover and Toureg, maybe.
The defender is like the Willis jeep, it can do just about everything.
So it is not a 1 to 1 relationship?
I have no idea what you are talking about.
All business expenses are deductible, including the cost of the vehicle, its maintenance and fuel, out of town meals and hotels, etc. Always been that way and hopefully always will be. If you use the family minivan for business, it would be deductible.
Cost of fuel is the same for everyone.
Where I got my kicks.You've never heard of RT 66?
The real ones are, but they do "Sport" versions of the Rangie and Toureg. 4x4 owners point at them and laugh.Deisle?
If you are buying one over here in petrol with the prices what they are, you are most likely not using them for work.The regulars get less than "40mpg" I think they are in thier 20's, and lets be honest, thats if you don't actually use the gas pedal. :lol:
Don't tell me you've got a problem with diesel trucks too. What's THAT about?Deisle?
Don't tell me you've got a problem with diesel trucks too. What's THAT about?
They're cleaner, cheaper, have loads better torque and have about a 40% longer working life.
I love diesel trucks. I have no issue with them, I was trying to figger out where the other poster saw improvement with a land/rangerover.
Ah! Sorry, my mistake.
If people are discussing how stupid a vehicle choice a Hummer is/was then a Land Rover is barely any improvement. They do about 12 MPG and drive like a tractor.
I had a really great hummer in boy's town once...er wait, I am thinking of something else.:roll:
I had a really great hummer in boy's town once...er wait, I am thinking of something else.:roll:
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