optimistic government

[waider]

Our current minister for transport feels that there will be sufficient traffic in Dublin in 2011 to merit banning private cars from the city centre during LUAS/Metro works. This despite the fact that petrol is now running at a rough average of €1.25 per litre, biofuel is proving to be a great way of triggering rising food prices, and oil in general is continuing to creep upwards in price. And I don't see affordable non-oil-burning cars on the market any time soon, either.

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[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Alas, there are people who will continue to use these things until they physically can't. Part of the problem is that the rising oil prices filter through into fares for public transport (unless the government over there is smart enough to give tax breaks to bus companies and the like), so the relative attrativeness of car versus bus (or train or whatever) doesn't change dramatically.

By way of comparison, I paid £1.13 per litre for fuel on Friday, which is in the mid 1.40s if converted into Euros. It has to be said that walking to work is saving me a lot of money relative to some cow orkers. Now if I could just get rid of that monthly 500 mile round trip...