Date:         Wed, 4 Jun 2008 12:18:17 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Will be worth less or more?
Comments: To: neil N <musomuso@gmail.com>
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Well, then I guess it's futile everyone may as well park their cars
tomorrow. If you can't tell I disagree to some extent. Something needs to be
done for sure but if prices reach $6, $8, $10 a gallon this country is done
for.

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 12:02 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree re: prices staying/going up. One only has to look at the
> history of fuel prices in Europe to see where gas prices are headed in
> North America.
>
> I also wonder too about van/rv camping becoming less common.
> Especially as it relates to driving my Westy. Even with the conversion
> I've done (more efficient engine), I'm sure I'll *still* be hard
> pressed to sit down and actually look at the cost of fuel on a given
> trip.
>
> (Denial. It's so convenient --- ;^)
>
> Maybe shorter trips to local popular CG's are one of the answers.
>
> With fuel $ going up, maybe there will be less *large* RV's clogging
> the campgrounds. Then we (Vanagons) will have an advantage?
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 JettaWesty "Jaco
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Bernie <berniej@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> snip
>
>
> > I don't believe 4 dollar gas is here to stay either because we are going
> to
> > 8 dollar a gallon gas and quicker than most would believe. As I indicated
>
> snip
>
>
> > I do believe at 10 dollar's a gallon then camping across the country
> burning
> > fossil fuels in a vanagon may become a thing of the past.
> > As much as I love to be on the road in my westy it seems to me there is
> > a point at which you say this don't not make sense anymore even if I
> > can afford the gas.
>
> snip
>
> > In Europe they pay over 10 dollars a gallon but there drive small diesels
> > and
> > not SUV's.
> > Just my two cents.
> >
> >
> > Bernie
> > Vancouver
> >
>



--
Thanks,

Jeff
'90 Carat (Grover)
'86 (We call this one Parts)
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus