Petrol prices? They are having a larf...
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Just noticed this on the BBC online news site.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1984000/1984198.stm
Have a read and try not to laugh. It took me a good 10 minutes to wade my way through it without laughing...
A couple of quick quotes:
"I have been taking the train because of the high price of the gas."
"San Diego has the highest prices in the US, averaging around $1.66 a gallon, compared with the national average of $1.39 a gallon."
Dont know they are born....
Cheers,
Paul
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1984000/1984198.stm
Have a read and try not to laugh. It took me a good 10 minutes to wade my way through it without laughing...
A couple of quick quotes:
"I have been taking the train because of the high price of the gas."
"San Diego has the highest prices in the US, averaging around $1.66 a gallon, compared with the national average of $1.39 a gallon."
Dont know they are born....
Cheers,
Paul
Thom,
Did you read the article? They are complaining that they are paying $1.69 a gallon for fuel in the USA. Now if my maths is reasonable today this is £1.12 a gallon (OK, so it is a US gallon and not a UK one, but still)....
If anyone knows how to convert litres into gallons we can further illustrate the differences in prices between the UK and USA (also including Europe too)...
Just think it is funny when people are about something like that. I mean, so you save yourself $2 a day. Does that mean you need to take the train?
Cheers,
Paul
Did you read the article? They are complaining that they are paying $1.69 a gallon for fuel in the USA. Now if my maths is reasonable today this is £1.12 a gallon (OK, so it is a US gallon and not a UK one, but still)....
If anyone knows how to convert litres into gallons we can further illustrate the differences in prices between the UK and USA (also including Europe too)...
Just think it is funny when people are about something like that. I mean, so you save yourself $2 a day. Does that mean you need to take the train?
Cheers,
Paul
Well, I agree that saving 2$ a day is ridiculous, but at least people taking the train en masse might have some effect on the prices of petrol: imagine if everybody took the train in Europe in order to protest against the rise of petrol prices, oil companies may not ask for such high prices.
(yeah, I'm being a bit naïve onthis one but hey, where there is hope there is life)
>> Edited by thom on Tuesday 14th May 14:32
(yeah, I'm being a bit naïve onthis one but hey, where there is hope there is life)
>> Edited by thom on Tuesday 14th May 14:32
Hmmm, the journey home from London the other Friday was certainly interesting. One of the trains was delayed getting to Waterloo, so every man, woman and child that was heading South jumped onto a next train instead. Talk about overcrowding, it was a complete joke (except it wasn't funny). I don't even want to think about the carnage should that one have hit some dodgy points.
I don't use the train much (unless going into London), but the few experiences I do endure certainly don't encourage me to give up the car more often.
When are trains going to be fitted with seat belts?
I don't use the train much (unless going into London), but the few experiences I do endure certainly don't encourage me to give up the car more often.
When are trains going to be fitted with seat belts?
Twin Turbo
Totally right - I catch the Kings cross to Kings Lynn route (you know the one that is suffering 60% delays at the moment due to a crash!) and it has to be the biggest joke in the world.
The train operators complain about not making enough money. But the trains are 100% full - no thats not right, because they are actually overfull to the tune of around 130%. Standing in all of the isles and at the doors - in all of the carriages (except 1st class of course). So they cant be making enough money then? Hows that? If you have enough passengers to fill TWO trains then surely thats a good thing?!?!? Then if there were more space then more people would take the train.... so wheres the logic there then? Completely lost on me?
Yeah you can never make money on trains that are completely overcrowded could you? Morons. As for your example - round trip to London from Newmarket:
Distance : 60 miles each way
Total cost by car : £14 on fuel and £5 parking = £19
Train before 9:00 : £32 on ticket and £4 parking
Train after 9:00 : £22 on ticket and £4 parking
Which is cheaper? And they cant make money on that???
Morons.
Cheers,
Paul
Totally right - I catch the Kings cross to Kings Lynn route (you know the one that is suffering 60% delays at the moment due to a crash!) and it has to be the biggest joke in the world.
The train operators complain about not making enough money. But the trains are 100% full - no thats not right, because they are actually overfull to the tune of around 130%. Standing in all of the isles and at the doors - in all of the carriages (except 1st class of course). So they cant be making enough money then? Hows that? If you have enough passengers to fill TWO trains then surely thats a good thing?!?!? Then if there were more space then more people would take the train.... so wheres the logic there then? Completely lost on me?
Yeah you can never make money on trains that are completely overcrowded could you? Morons. As for your example - round trip to London from Newmarket:
Distance : 60 miles each way
Total cost by car : £14 on fuel and £5 parking = £19
Train before 9:00 : £32 on ticket and £4 parking
Train after 9:00 : £22 on ticket and £4 parking
Which is cheaper? And they cant make money on that???
Morons.
Cheers,
Paul
I actully used a train for the first time in a long while recently to do a return trip from Nottingham to York, it was actually cheeper by train - £25 return on a Saturday + £2 bus return from home to station, my car would have used at least £30 worth of petrol, + £5 parking.
The train journey took considerably longer than going by car, and if there was more than one person going the car wins again, plus the privacy of the car is a huge plus, so I don't think your going to get me on the train regulaly.
The train journey took considerably longer than going by car, and if there was more than one person going the car wins again, plus the privacy of the car is a huge plus, so I don't think your going to get me on the train regulaly.
When I was without car license for one reason or another (Read: Getting banned for being a naughty boy
)I had to get to and from work by public transport. Well public transport doesn't get you twenty miles for 7.15AM and getting home takes two and a half hours and cost about £8. It costs £2 in my car and takes 30-40 minutes depending on the prevailing level of numptyness being exhibited 
)I had to get to and from work by public transport. Well public transport doesn't get you twenty miles for 7.15AM and getting home takes two and a half hours and cost about £8. It costs £2 in my car and takes 30-40 minutes depending on the prevailing level of numptyness being exhibited Its cheaper to driver a 4.5 litre Chim the 4 miles to work than it is to take the tube!
Also, I read somewhere the other day that the Heathrow Express is the most expensive train journey per foot on earth.
When the public transport is cheaper than the car, safe, clean and not ridiculously overcrowded I will start using it but as they train and bus companies have to buy fuel at stupid rates then this day will never come, and as far as I am concerned at the moment hoo-
ing-ra!
Matt.
Also, I read somewhere the other day that the Heathrow Express is the most expensive train journey per foot on earth.
When the public transport is cheaper than the car, safe, clean and not ridiculously overcrowded I will start using it but as they train and bus companies have to buy fuel at stupid rates then this day will never come, and as far as I am concerned at the moment hoo-
ing-ra! Matt.
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