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Originally posted by onetime2
Europe has not strengthened their economy against ours. European economic growth is anemic at best. Off the top of my head it averages about 1.7% growth for the members of the EU. More favorable exchange rates do not equate to a stronger economy.
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where did you get those stats from?
the problem with current europe is that because we have wildely different figures and numbers for each country it's hard to get a good average because of the variance.
however, over the past few years the major players in europe (Britain, France, Germany, Italy e.t.c) have greatly strengthend their economies.
Price rises for petrol don't really help towards putting people into public transport, charging a fiver a day to allow people the right to drive in big cities does that
More fuel economic cars are a way to go, but only a short term measure, you have to get the public thinking about saving energy and buying fuel efficient cars to really make a dent.