"Ivan" wrote in message
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A few short months ago the prospect of diesel fuel breaking through the
£1.00 a litre barrier appeared to be unlikely, but with it now costing over
£1.20 a liter that's nudging £5.50 a gallon, this got me wondering just how
much it would have to reach before people on this newsgroup reached a point
where they would be seriously thinking about giving up their car? .. My own
threshold would be somewhere around £10.00 a gallon and that would be it.

Once it hit £2 a litre I'd struggle to afford private use. £2.70 and it'd be
costing me money to drive around for work.

OTOH although I'm a regular cyclist, I really can't see how my life could
carry on like it does now without a car and affordable fuel. Visiting
relatives would be very costly, going near enough anywhere beyond a couple
of miles is a bit of a gip (which is most places these days - cinema? shops?
any kind of facility in general?), I wouldn't be able to pick and choose
between supermarkets. IME cycling is a lot faster than getting bus, even
over relatively long distances, but that's not saying much. I suspect we'd
all be thorougly miserable.