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It’s sad that it needs an economic crisis to get people rethinking their driving habits. However, it seems this is the upside of the financial worries many people have right now: it’s good for the environment.
Almost daily, one can read in newspapers that people try to exchange their gas-guzzlers against smaller cars. The sale of new SUVs and trucks has clearly dropped and private sellers of used big cars are offering them below their listing in vehicle valuation books. In Boston, public transportation is up by 10 %, and I just read on CNN that Chrysler offers new buyers to cover for gas costs beyond $ 2.99 for three years – desperate times require desperate measures. People I know try to carpool, or start biking to their workplaces – just to save some money.
Maybe one day soon, most people will drive cars in the US like the one we left behind when we moved from Austria to America: A car that made more than 25 miles/gallon. That was 10 years ago and many cars in Europe can do much better nowadays. According to Automotive Digest: “In Europe, cars on average get 40 mpg, compared w/ 20.4 mpg for US cars”. (http://www.automotivedigest.com/view_art.asp?articlesID=21658).
For many people here in the Boston area, recreational boats become an unaffordable luxury too. Today on craigslist, there were more than 100 new sales postings. One person even offered a boat for free!
Almost daily, one can read in newspapers that people try to exchange their gas-guzzlers against smaller cars. The sale of new SUVs and trucks has clearly dropped and private sellers of used big cars are offering them below their listing in vehicle valuation books. In Boston, public transportation is up by 10 %, and I just read on CNN that Chrysler offers new buyers to cover for gas costs beyond $ 2.99 for three years – desperate times require desperate measures. People I know try to carpool, or start biking to their workplaces – just to save some money.
Maybe one day soon, most people will drive cars in the US like the one we left behind when we moved from Austria to America: A car that made more than 25 miles/gallon. That was 10 years ago and many cars in Europe can do much better nowadays. According to Automotive Digest: “In Europe, cars on average get 40 mpg, compared w/ 20.4 mpg for US cars”. (http://www.automotivedigest.com/view_art.asp?articlesID=21658).
For many people here in the Boston area, recreational boats become an unaffordable luxury too. Today on craigslist, there were more than 100 new sales postings. One person even offered a boat for free!
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