On a completely different vein, I just wanted to add a link to some information from the BC Government website. On Facebook, I had posed a status question asking how much gasoline costs. I had calculated the price I pay so as to compare with those in the US. It's not as simple as it sounds as I have to account for the fact I buy in litres and then consider the current exchange rate. As an aside, now that the world is waking up to the fact the US is printing a load of money to get themselves out of the financial mess, the US dollar is going to weaken substantially. I think that's great news as I'm not a Canadian exporter. For most essential every-day commodities, like bananas, I rely on imports. So, I hope the Loonie goes back to par or higher as it was a year ago, baby!Anyway, my Excel cell showed that I have to cough up about $3.55 a US gallon. That's nearly 40% more than the responses from most of the US Facebookers. The price will go up a few cents this summer as British Columbia's Carbon Tax ratchets up a click. Good, I say. Here's my quote from Facebook:
I hope gas goes to $8 a litre so some real changes in behaviour and alternative-source entrepreneurship takes place. We've been pigs at the trough far too long. Using petroleum relies on stupid, century-old technologies.