10 mpg 1000 miles price per gallon $3.50 Cost $350.00 2000 mile trip $700.00
10 mpg 1000 miles price per gallon $4.00 Cost $400.00 2000 mile trip $800.00
10 mpg 1000 miles price per gallon $5.00 Cost $500.00 2000 mile trip $1000.00
Truck and RV trailer, no room to rent, no restaurants for three meals a day. Local use will be in my wifes foreign car, new, that gets 32 mpg, and I will be using my Jeep that gets 20 mpg. For the longer outings we will continue to use the truck and rv.
If I took the train to Yosemite I would only get close and be dumped at a connecting bus station and then a bus ride to Yosemite where I would have to walk to a hotel and pay $$$$'s per night. Then I would be doing what at the park, walking around?
This country has about zero transportation outside large cities. We are a car culture. Look on a map and see just how large California is. Compare it to Italy.
WOW, 20 cents / gallon? Thats a lot. I remember when it was 10 cents / gallon! I'm old.
Sorry. My first car used 9 gallons / mile, but today my much larger and heavier and better car uses 20 gallons / mile city and 30 miles / gallon highway.
Ain't no trains a-goin' where I need a-go photographin'. Plenty a diesel here; Fords, Chevies, Dodge and Jimmies. Volvo's and stuff ain't got 'nuff wheel.
Ain't no trains a-goin' where I need a-go photographin'. Plenty a diesel here; Fords, Chevies, Dodge and Jimmies. Volvo's and stuff ain't got 'nuff wheel.
You'd think wages would have gone up commensurately - ! MAYBE 100% but no more... seems they've all but frozen since the mid-80s!! That was 20 years ago!
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Originally Posted by Changeling1
I remember when gas was .20 cents a gallon back in '69. You could get a clean but old downtown hotel room for $2.50 a night and buy a decent 3 bedroom home in California for $20,000. So... since everything has gone up 10 or 20 times in the last 35 years we shouldn't be shocked at $4.00 per gallon gasoline which by world standards is a pretty good deal. I have to look at it that way or I too would be stressing excessively about the economy of today.
My biggest concern is the (possible) return of the dreaded "stagflation" that made life so interesting back in the early to mid 70's.
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This country has about zero transportation outside large cities. We are a car culture. Look on a map and see just how large California is. Compare it to Italy.
I've seen this thread both here and on the LF forum and Curt's comment above really sums it up. In the midwest, public transportation within cities isn't that great either. We have so much sprawl here and it takes driving to get from one place to another.
I am driving an 8 year old car that, when I drive normal speed limit gets between 33-35 miles per gallon highway. It is American made and smooth as silk at 120 mph. It is not an SUV, not a diesel, and is not a very small car. The tech exists here and has for at least 8 years.
We will be living in Page AZ, this summer, dealing with the estate, so I will be taking lots of pictures around there. Can't help but drive in that neck of the woods.
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Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy. Pope Paul VI
So, I think the "greats" were true to their visions, once their visions no longer sucked. Ralph Barker 12/2004
Yes, I can still remember when gas was fairly cheap, back in the late 60's and early 70's. Back when American money was still worth something, not like the play-money we have these days. I just pray that we dont get into a war with Venus or Mars, as we would be taxed to death to pay for that kind of skirmish. Yikes!
A U.S. gallon of gas costs about $3.00 at present in Tucson, Az.. I drive a car that gets 25 mpg in town and 32 mpg on the highway. I also have a V-twin motorcycle that gets about 42 mpg in town and closer to 50 mpg highway. My last photo trip in the car to the north end of the state only took a tank and a half of gas there and back. I'm planning another trip to the Grand Canyon in May this time on the motorcycle and will take a Crown Graphic and a large Bogen tripod as well as my camping gear(and other cameras). I don't really care what the gas costs. This is what I do for fun and relaxation and is cheap when compared to many other leisure activities.
You know I'm kidding.
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