Thursday, 22 May 2008
Oil Prices Top $135 per Barrel
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With much of the world bemoaning rising prices and much of the complaint being about the price of fuel, this is bad news indeed. But for the environment, surely, it's the best news. Certainly for those of us who avoid driving it means much less or does it?
Better or Worse?
Bus travel is not particularly cheap in this country. I pay £3.60 for a single 45 minute journey to Oxford! The issue is demand - the buses are full perhaps twice a day. Most of the rest of the day they have perhaps 5 paying customers per trip. The high prices are required to pay for a regular service which not many people use. Higher oil prices should push more people onto buses and reduce prices. Although, of course, the cost of running the service will increase too!
But I have to drive!
Why are we always hearing that people have to drive? "I live in a rural area - I have no option". The fact is that if a bus service started up the majority of people saying this would still drive. It is a convenient excuse that there is no alternative but it is not the reason they drive.
Let's face it...driving's better...
Well to be fair, yes. But if we all stopped driving tomorrow and put all the money spent annually on cars and driving into public transport, would the quality be better or worse?
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