Originally posted by Xeven
You may wonder how this post fits here in Peak oil. Well I just drove to Starbucks which is 7 miles away. I got a 4 dollar cup of coffee and it cost
me 3 dollars round trip in gas. This realization is just a small picture of the greater trouble we are in if we do not change to alternative fuels or
transportation.
I make pretty good living. I cannot imagine how this must effect people living on minimum wage. It now costs more to drive to the store for a gallon
o$4 for a cup of coffee?
f milk than the milk costs.

Umm that’s about $32 a gallon for coffee, but you complain about the cost of gas?
Also you drove 14 miles and it cost you $3? That’s about 14 MPG! What are you driving?
I’m not trying to get personnel; in fact I support people right to drive anything they want to. Want to drive a Sherman tank to work? Go right
ahead. The issue is that with chooses comes responsibility for them.
We will spend $200 -$ 2000+ to see two teams beat each other up on a field.
We will spend the equivalent of $32 a gallon on a cup of coffee.
We will spend the equivalent to $10 a gallon for Coke at a fast food restaurant.
But ask us to pay $3 for a gallon of gas and we blow up. Even when the rest of the world has been paying $5+ for the past 5-10 years.
Just goes to show where we have our priorities doesn’t it?
[edit on 14-2-2008 by dismanrc]