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To: Dale Baker who wrote (23025)	7/6/2006 5:51:20 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541376

Petrol hasn't been cheap here since the 1970s. We've adapted to it: economy figures have improved hugely since then: and other motoring costs have fallen, so it's still little more expensive in real terms than it was in the 50s (maybe less depending on where you are and how it's calculated). Also, there's little choice in the UK - other transport is far more expensive. And just like the US, newer cities or settlements (e.g. out of town shopping centres) have been more designed with car ownership as a given. It won't change much here IMO until it starts becoming prohibitively expensive, maybe double again. But European city styles are less car-dependent than the US, so I suspect there's both less absolute need and more elasticity. And note that we still average both fewer and smaller cars... there's becoming an increasing backlash against over-large 4x4s and similar.