Howard Winter wrote:

> No, there isn't a point where it suddenly becomes unviable to drive,
> unless it a *huge* rise in one go - say 10x overnight.  Petrol costs
> thirty times what it did when I got my first car.  

I'm not sure this is that relevant. TCO of a car, considering a certain
mileage per month, probably hasn't increased thirty times compared to
salaries. So the rising petrol cost has been at least partly offset (if not
completely) by falling other costs. 

This is not about petrol cost, this is about the cost of driving. (And, in
a way, about the hidden subventions of individual car traffic.)

Gerhard

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