I know not many people think about this but I do everyday. This is a starting point of a possible limb replacement. (of course, not muscle, etc.) It's actually pretty miraculous if you ask me.
I'll just save the reiteration of what's been said many times, and state the obvious: taxes change the price. Oddly enough, crude oil is a global product at the same price.
It's good to know I've failed at life, then. The next thing you're going to say is if I'm on facebook/myspace/aol instant messenger/apple computers/etc I've failed at life. LOL
Dude, I'm in Phoenix as well and it's just plausible. The roads are heavily congested in the mornings and violent. We're also a huge city, with lots of roads.
hmm.. I feel odd now. Mine goes like: Pick up keys, lock one door lock, walk to bike and unlock steering, start it and as it warms for a minute or two rock steering and signals to test, back out and drive through gates on apt complex, drive like I would with a car (the speed limit) about 1-2 miles to the store, and park it in a spot. Get bread, and put it into saddle bag, pull out of parking lot and drive back home, park in spot and pull out bread, go inside.
That part shouldn't be hard... it's freeway driving that's hard.
I'd have to agree with you there... the upside about a motorcycle is the feeling of the wind and hearing literally everything. When I ride to and from work on my motorcycle (less now than before... sadly.) that usually makes me feel more alive. That being said, checking most things on a bike can be done once a week. Anyone who has a vehicle that needs to be once-overed everytime (not including signals and break) they get on it needs to think about a newer vehicle.. or something to get over the OCD:) (not directed at you, Karnal)
Dude, I'm in the USA and I live in a valley.. we have mountains surrounding the valley. The country is littered with mountains on the east and west coast. Appalachian mountain range on the east coast, and the Rocky mountain range on the west coast, along with the hills and mountains in the middle. google maps is your friend before you make a failed observation like you have. I mean, I could say Norway is too close to the equator for traffic to function properly... but that'd be stupid and wrong. Just like what you said.
Let's put this into the average commute instead of large scale transportation. I drive 25 miles one way to work, 50 miles round trip. If I do nothing more than go to work, that's 250 miles a week. (x5 days)
How the hell does a higher price equate to more efficiency? Unless you think that a higher price just means less will use gasoline but everything else just stays exactly the same.
Let's not get silly about this. The United States of America is approximately double land width of the EU, and both USA & EU pay the same price for crude oil.
It's just the countries collecting the extra from the consumer as tax after it's been turned into the gasoline/diesel/etc that is the de facto standard in the area.
Driving in San Diego is literally a vacation for me. I come from Phoenix where everyone is one step from Mad Max freeway style. I was close to moving to San Diego recently, just because of that.
You'll also note that germany is ~500 Miles north/south & east/west, while America is ~1500-2000 Miles north/south & ~2500-3000 miles east/west. The logistics of the country itself dictates large travel distances. You could live up your neighbors ass in America, but would need to travel quite a distance to visit another city in another place where someone else is living up another person's ass.
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Okay, you pointed out the obvious... and nothing that has any relevance to this conversation...
You talk about torrents as if they're illegal. You know, bluray/dvd is only a small percentage of torrents, right?
right?
I don't remember anyone asking you what your normal net usage was.
I know not many people think about this but I do everyday. This is a starting point of a possible limb replacement. (of course, not muscle, etc.)
It's actually pretty miraculous if you ask me.
Only human stem cell research is banned/restricted. "Artificial" stem cell research is in the works.
Yep - because as we all know, the price of fuel never increased to anywhere near $4.00/gallon under the previous administration.
(/sarcasm)
I'll just save the reiteration of what's been said many times, and state the obvious: taxes change the price. Oddly enough, crude oil is a global product at the same price.
It's good to know I've failed at life, then.
The next thing you're going to say is if I'm on facebook/myspace/aol instant messenger/apple computers/etc I've failed at life.
LOL
Dude, I'm in Phoenix as well and it's just plausible. The roads are heavily congested in the mornings and violent. We're also a huge city, with lots of roads.
hmm.. I feel odd now. Mine goes like:
Pick up keys, lock one door lock, walk to bike and unlock steering, start it and as it warms for a minute or two rock steering and signals to test, back out and drive through gates on apt complex, drive like I would with a car (the speed limit) about 1-2 miles to the store, and park it in a spot. Get bread, and put it into saddle bag, pull out of parking lot and drive back home, park in spot and pull out bread, go inside.
That part shouldn't be hard... it's freeway driving that's hard.
I'd have to agree with you there... the upside about a motorcycle is the feeling of the wind and hearing literally everything. :)
When I ride to and from work on my motorcycle (less now than before... sadly.) that usually makes me feel more alive. That being said, checking most things on a bike can be done once a week.
Anyone who has a vehicle that needs to be once-overed everytime (not including signals and break) they get on it needs to think about a newer vehicle.. or something to get over the OCD
(not directed at you, Karnal)
No one performs a 24 point checkup on their vehicle everytime they start it up.
These are cars, not fighter jets.
Careful there, those gray areas get Europeans confused.
Sure they do, it's just that there's less time in the US since the EU has the majority of it.
Dude, I'm in the USA and I live in a valley.. we have mountains surrounding the valley. The country is littered with mountains on the east and west coast. Appalachian mountain range on the east coast, and the Rocky mountain range on the west coast, along with the hills and mountains in the middle.
google maps is your friend before you make a failed observation like you have. I mean, I could say Norway is too close to the equator for traffic to function properly... but that'd be stupid and wrong. Just like what you said.
Let's put this into the average commute instead of large scale transportation.
I drive 25 miles one way to work, 50 miles round trip. If I do nothing more than go to work, that's 250 miles a week. (x5 days)
How the hell does a higher price equate to more efficiency?
Unless you think that a higher price just means less will use gasoline but everything else just stays exactly the same.
taxation does not a solution become.
Let's not get silly about this. The United States of America is approximately double land width of the EU, and both USA & EU pay the same price for crude oil.
It's just the countries collecting the extra from the consumer as tax after it's been turned into the gasoline/diesel/etc that is the de facto standard in the area.
To be fair, quite a few people in the EU don't use gasoline because their Oxen make great transportation.
Driving in San Diego is literally a vacation for me. I come from Phoenix where everyone is one step from Mad Max freeway style. I was close to moving to San Diego recently, just because of that.
No, it's because Montana is about the size of most European countries... with about 100K more than Cyprus' population.
Sorry to break it to you, but you could do anything to stop traffic in Boston and they'd still be morons.
You'll also note that germany is ~500 Miles north/south & east/west, while America is ~1500-2000 Miles north/south & ~2500-3000 miles east/west. The logistics of the country itself dictates large travel distances.
You could live up your neighbors ass in America, but would need to travel quite a distance to visit another city in another place where someone else is living up another person's ass.
That's wonderful for you, however for the rest of the world -40 (I'm not even saying F or C since it's the same) is considered uncomfortably cold.