tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10186986.post114954033285728384..comments2023-04-07T00:47:43.521+10:00Comments on The Thinks . . .: Feeling the PinchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10186986.post-1149850222037462402006-06-09T20:50:00.000+10:002006-06-09T20:50:00.000+10:00Amen!Amen!MLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09740603061436517841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10186986.post-1149835082528430352006-06-09T16:38:00.000+10:002006-06-09T16:38:00.000+10:00Hummmm, maybe they will be forced to look for alte...Hummmm, maybe they will be forced to look for alternative energy sources. Wind and Wave? It seems to me that if they have no GOP than they have to rely on themselves to find alternatives and finding a way to get around will simply change the pace of life. I think we tend to think we have to run around more than we really do. I know life here is extremely fast and it doesn't make peoples livesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10186986.post-1149679899699451772006-06-07T21:31:00.000+10:002006-06-07T21:31:00.000+10:00Cars aren't the problem (most of the islanders sha...Cars aren't the problem (most of the islanders share one with extended family if they have one at all). The problem is being able to afford fuel to run the generators that provide electrical power on the islands and to pay for the rising price of shipping which provides literally everything else. These islands have no export income, no gross national product, no social welfare programs, etc.MLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09740603061436517841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10186986.post-1149568594519167792006-06-06T14:36:00.000+10:002006-06-06T14:36:00.000+10:00Here is an idea. Some people here buy an older die...Here is an idea. Some people here buy an older diesel car (for some reason only the older models work) then they put 1/2 the tank diesel and the other half vegetable oil. The vegetable oil is only about $2.00 a gallon, it is environmentally friendly and your exhaust smells like french fries. The only reason why everyone isn't doing it is that the government (with pressure from the big oil Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10186986.post-1149568154250918582006-06-06T14:29:00.000+10:002006-06-06T14:29:00.000+10:00HELLO!!! like I pay almost $6.00 a gallon for gas....HELLO!!! like I pay almost $6.00 a gallon for gas. 3/4 of that cost is tax and The Netherlands does not pay the most for gas, I believe Italy has that honor. Believe me you are lucky at that price.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com