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Article #6803Re: Are you FED UP with high gas prices?!
From: Danny Low
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 00:00
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Philip J. Koenig (pjk@aimnet.com) wrote:
: I think the transit issue there has more to do with a social element, and
: the pollution issue has more to do with industrial policy, and their
: proximity to countries (i.e. former Eastern Bloc) with outrageously bad
: pollution problems.
The social element is that cars are very expensive to own and
maintain in Europe and really has nothing to do with proximity
to the former Communist countries. Not only is the gas taxed heavily
but the cars are also taxed heavily. As a result the common man
in Europe cannot afford a car. OTOH in the US, thanks to Henry
Ford, the common man can afford a car. It does not take much money to
buy a car in the US or keep it running.
Old clunkers are kept running by poor people because
that is what they can afford. In Europe they would not be able
to afford to own even such a clunker and are stuck with mass transit.
Danny Low
"Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
HP NSD dlow@ppg01.sc.hp.com
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