No offense to anyone, but I really dont care what other countries pay. I feel lucky I live in the US anyway without feeling lucky on gas prices. I'm not suprised its rising, I was just suprised it jumped $0.26 in a 24 hour period. Normally it goes up and down by about $0.10.
As for hybrid cars, I really dont think they are worth it if you are doing alot of city driving. I was looking at the toyota prius last week and it actually only gets about 8 to 10mpg more then say a toyota camry. The other thing is once the warranty runs out on that battery it will cost you $4500 to replace the battery alone.
Personally I will pay what I have to to keep driving and moding my vx. I'd also be interested in what third party solutions will come out for fuel economy in the next few months. I'd like to see a few hydrogen cars start to come out. Pretty sure we could all spare a few gallons of water to power our cars. Just hope they come out with some kind of conversion kit for my vx
One thing I do find funny is if opec keeps dropping the amount of oil they release they will eventually decrease their overall market. The US will simply start implementing alternate fuel sources to a point where we eventually wont need them. You'd figure they would want to sell as much gas as possible and keep the market up. But, I guess the quick buck now overshadows the future impact to their organization. Think how much money they are gonna loose in 10 years if the US gas consumption dropped by simply 20%.
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