|
John,
the
price of Gas in Germany is currently at $ 6.61 per gallon (a 0.15 cent price
increase over the last two days because the
US is
buying up the Gas reserves in Europe and because the oil comanies have an excuse
to raise the price yet again)
I
don't have accurate numbers, but I myself spend about 10% of my monthly net
income on Gas to get to work and I drive a
stock
12yr old 4door VW Rabbit that gets about 40 MPG. (I moved closer
to work now, so this will change starting next
week,
I hope to get by with much less)
AND,
while many Germans have electric push mowers, they still favor gas powered yard
tools unless they have a very small
yard
(which many people do). So I agree with you that the gas price in the US is
still way to low to force people to rethink, no
matter
if in Germany or in the US.
Markus
|