Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Illinois speed traps

[Britt2Asa (Britt2Asa]

Thanks Phil,
BTW (as those listers who have met me will attest), I am not a Brit. I am  
Britt. Born and raised a Floridian and a "made to feel at home" ex-pat living  
here in the UK :) I see both sides of the battle from the high prices and crazy 
 levels of tax I pay for fuel here to the gas guzzling but cheap to own 
American  cars of my youth (and frequent trips back home). Love the Ferraris 
but my 
day to  day has been a 45-55mpg BMW Diesel for many years!
 
Britt

>From the  Brit,

"I hate high gas prices but I will pay. I don't for a second  expect  
drillling 
in Florida or Alaska will make any difference  ever to what I pay in  either 
the US or the UK. Any extra oil will be  swept up in the global markets  and 
will just help China grow FASTER.  Its the population folks that is the  
problem, 
its growing faster  than we are finding oil. The PRICE ISNT COMING  DOWN." 

I think that most fail  to realise the truth in the Brits statement, the only 
time we  will ever see a consistent reduction in fuel prices will be when we 
finally  discover sufficient alternatives to internal combustion then and only 
then  will the need come down....but, due to the huge population growth in 
Asia and  China, this will be a long time coming, 50 years will not surprise 
me, 
but I  doubt that I will benefit.
Phil





BR in the  UK
1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
1980 400i  (RHD 74,000 miles)
Searching for the right 512TR
2003 BMW 530d
1991  Alfa Spider S4 LHD
1993 Alfa Spider S4 LHD