I have trouble believing that people here believe the incredibly stupid things they say. For instance, this “John Samford” has got to be a troll:
WE need MORE consumption, NOT less! There is a direct relationship between OIL consumption and Wealth creation.
Great! That means there’s a simple way to become fabulously rich: let’s take all the oil wells in the world and just light them on fire to consume all the oil! Saddam Hussein was right, and we were wrong!
Of course, if results have any relevance, the amount of wealth produced is proportional to the efficiency with which that oil is used. The economy which produces the most per unit will be the ultimate winner, able to out-bid the rest; just burning oil for its own sake produces nothing.
Tell me, John: how much does commuting to work in a Hummer H2 produce, compared to commuting in a Prius?
And along the same lines, “Dave may” complains about his own choices:
I work for a living and have to commute 42 miles each wayand spend about £350 a month on fuel costs.That works out at about $700 a month.
With petrol at 109 p/litre (Reality got it wrong), so he’s burning about 320 litre/month (84.5 gallons). His commute is 84 miles for 23 days and weekends might be 20 miles/day for 8 days, so his total mileage is ~2100 miles/month.
He’s averaging about 25 MPG (US). His vehicle is a LONG way from an economy car, especially for Britain. A Mini Cooper would get 35 MPG or so (cutting his cost to ~GBP230/mo) and the aforementioned Lupo would get nearly 3 times that mileage, slashing fuel costs to ~GBP115/mo.
But that’s only the beginning. If Mr. May drove something like an Aptera, he’d get to work almost entirely on electricity. If he only recharged at home, he might drive 40 miles/day on electricity and 44 miles/day on petrol, for a daily petrol consumption of 1.28 litres at a cost of GBP 1.40/day. Weekends would be within the 40-mile electric range and petrol free, so his total monthly fuel cost would be GBP 32.20.
Do you want to look forward or back, Mr. May?
