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To: koan who wrote (4332)	5/20/2008 1:08:41 PM
From: calgarylady	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 23095

Actually a friend of my son's that was working on the rigs bought a big pickup a year ago and paid quite a bit for it. He is back working in Calgary here now and can't afford to run it at all any more now that gas is rising and offered it to my son for half of what he paid for it. My son doesn't want it as he is happy with his car that gets great mileage. I bet we are going to see more and more trucks and suv's getting dumped.. I was thinking that this morning. If those large vehicles aren't hybrids why would you want them?

To: koan who wrote (4332)	5/20/2008 1:17:58 PM
From: bbdd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23095

Guys you had better get used to these higher prices - over here in Europe prices are WAY higher already. A litre of unleaded costs about €1.48 which at an exchange rate of 1.57 comes in at $2.32 and there are 4.55 litres to the gallon, so a gallon of unleaded in France comes in at about $10.57. The other side of the coin is our electricity is nearly 80% nuclear generated (with much of the rest being hydro) so we should be somewhat insulated from higher elec bills. I've installed a geothermal heating system which is doing a great job by giving me back 4Kw for each Kw of (relatively cheap) electricity I put in,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,