Re: Yeah. the price of oil is down to $64/barrel
Lowest I've seen here in SC is $2.27 for regular - but diesel is still $2.69 so the F350 is not going anywhere soon.
As far as high prices in the UK or the rest of Europe - yes they are higher - but how many miles do they drive? The ol USofA is just spread out to heck and gone.
Trip a few years back while visiting my sister who was stationed at Rhine-Maine AFB near Wiesbaden in Germany. Left early am in Mazda 626 with 5 people on board, heading south, we went through a corner of Austria to Switzerland then Lichtenstein, then we had lunch at Rhine Falls (a town but don't remember if that was Switzerland or Germany) then headed toward France. Had late dinner in Strasbourg then back to Wiesbaden for the night. For those not counting, thats FIVE countries in one day, and we were just driving around sight seeing, not really trying to make time! Here, its tough to make 5 states!
Added to the size of the US is a total lack of alternatives so we are stuck (at least for the present) with gas as a power source. Good thing it is as cheap (relatively speaking) as it is!
I think a more meaningful measure would be how much the average US family spends on fuel in a year vs those in the UK, France, Germany etc? This would tell me a lot more than what the price of gas is. Anyone ever seen this statistic anywhere?
Henry Payne