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Originally posted by stevie667
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.
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Please feel free to post data that proves me wrong. I am going off the top of my head of what I've read about growth in the "EU" economy.
You can't put people into non existent public transportation either. I live about 60 miles from NYC and there are millions of people who travel the same route eastward towards NYC everyday. There are few options for those travellers. You may be able to get within a few miles of your destination by using buses, trains, or van pools but then you're stuck.
Adding more to the price of gas will not push people here into public transportation or van pools. People work too varied of schedules and are not willing to modify their schedules to save a few dollars (even significant dollars).