>>Petrol prices in the USA a few years ago (say 5) were about 1/4
>>of those in Britain - now they're about 1/2 of our prices, so in real
>>terms they have risen 100% over there - has it reduced driving
>>mileage?  Hardly.  Would another 100% increase do so?  No!
> 
> 
> How about another 100%? Another 1000%? Perhaps it will.

Relatively, wages and other cost shall go up by the same percentage, and 
life move on as usual.

I think the poster's objective is to control the use of petroleum.  Then 
  limiting the number of factories, limiting the number of people 
inventing or engineering the products,...shall have better effect. 
Guess, engineer is the facilitator here :-)

Ling SM
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