My neighbour is having a barbeque tonight to celebrate finishing his patio. Consequently there are over 10 big 4 wheel drives parked outside my place. Seems like a kind of crazy situation to me, especially when we live in the middle of a city. I had to bite my tongue and keep very quiet when the conversation turned to the price of petrol earlier on in the evening. Given the comments that are made about my mate’s car (which smells from anything like a fish and chip shop to old chickens depending on where he’s picked up the latest vegie oil) I’m guessing that biodiesel isn’t even on the radar, let alone the menu.
I’m not usually so black and white, but in this case I say raise the taxes on the cars and accept the rising price of petrol. At the rate we’re squandering our limited oil reserves, the problem ain’t going to go away.