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"ROME: Ten dollars a gallon may seem unthinkable to American drivers still smarting from the spike in gas prices to around $4 a gallon. But that was nearly the price that Marco Annarumi faced recently when filling his Jeep on his way home from work.
"It hasn't changed my driving at all — not a bit — I just have to work harder," he said with seeming indifference.
High oil prices and high taxes on gas pushed the average price of gasoline to new heights in much of Europe this summer. Yet transportation experts in this laboratory of sky-high fuel prices say that many Europeans, out of necessity, habit or love, have proved surprisingly willing to bear the extra cost of driving. That raises questions as to how effective high prices by themselves can be in achieving the ambitious targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions that European leaders have committed themselves to meeting."
"Partly because of high gas prices here, European cars are already far more efficient than those sold in the United States. The average new European car gets 40 miles to the gallon, double the average for new cars sold in America. Even so, total carbon emissions from all forms of transportation in Europe are rising. They are about a quarter higher today than they were 20 years ago, while emissions from industry have declined in the same period."
In Europe, driving is a hard habit to break, even with gas at $10 a gallon - International Herald Tribune
"It hasn't changed my driving at all — not a bit — I just have to work harder," he said with seeming indifference.
High oil prices and high taxes on gas pushed the average price of gasoline to new heights in much of Europe this summer. Yet transportation experts in this laboratory of sky-high fuel prices say that many Europeans, out of necessity, habit or love, have proved surprisingly willing to bear the extra cost of driving. That raises questions as to how effective high prices by themselves can be in achieving the ambitious targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions that European leaders have committed themselves to meeting."
"Partly because of high gas prices here, European cars are already far more efficient than those sold in the United States. The average new European car gets 40 miles to the gallon, double the average for new cars sold in America. Even so, total carbon emissions from all forms of transportation in Europe are rising. They are about a quarter higher today than they were 20 years ago, while emissions from industry have declined in the same period."
In Europe, driving is a hard habit to break, even with gas at $10 a gallon - International Herald Tribune
