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On Sun, 16 May 2004 00:31:27 +0100, "DavidR" <[email protected]>
wrote (more or less):
....
>Anyway petrol is cheap. It takes roughly 40 minutes of work now to buy the
>same amount of petrol that an hour of work took 25 years ago. Add in vehicle
>economy, 34 minutes of work buys the same mileage.
I recently read of a US study.
Tally up the time spent travelling by private car.
Add the time taken to earn the money to pay for the car.
And the time taken to earn the money to pay for fuel.
And the time taken to earn the money to pay for insurance.
And the time taken to earn the money to pay for maintenance and
repairs.
Add the time taken to arrange and purchase all the above.
Divide the distance travelled
by ( the time taken to travel
plus the time taken to earn all that money
plus the time taken to look after the car)
Americans travelled at an average of 5mph!
Of course, cars and fuel are a lot cheaper ther than here, so it would
be surprising if our cars are that fast.
(If folk are interested I'll hunt about for the actual study).
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Cheers,
Euan
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wrote (more or less):
....
>Anyway petrol is cheap. It takes roughly 40 minutes of work now to buy the
>same amount of petrol that an hour of work took 25 years ago. Add in vehicle
>economy, 34 minutes of work buys the same mileage.
I recently read of a US study.
Tally up the time spent travelling by private car.
Add the time taken to earn the money to pay for the car.
And the time taken to earn the money to pay for fuel.
And the time taken to earn the money to pay for insurance.
And the time taken to earn the money to pay for maintenance and
repairs.
Add the time taken to arrange and purchase all the above.
Divide the distance travelled
by ( the time taken to travel
plus the time taken to earn all that money
plus the time taken to look after the car)
Americans travelled at an average of 5mph!
Of course, cars and fuel are a lot cheaper ther than here, so it would
be surprising if our cars are that fast.
(If folk are interested I'll hunt about for the actual study).
--
Cheers,
Euan
Gawnsoft: http://www.gawnsoft.co.sr
Symbian/Epoc wiki: http://html.dnsalias.net:1122
Smalltalk links (harvested from comp.lang.smalltalk) http://html.dnsalias.net/gawnsoft/smalltalk