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Well you complain about prices, calculated to gallons and $ we in holland pay arround $7 per gallon.'My car is running on diesel, but that is still arround $5.25. And not to forget that cars in general are more expensive than in north america and I have to pay arround $220 each three months on road tax. Dont even mention insurance !!

First step in NA would be to improve your outdated infrastructure and public transportation (which has proven in New orleans to be really bad), and do something about your eccesive energy consumption. Forget the big trucks: Get efficient smaller cars.

Investment in alternatives to fossile fuel (like wind-energy), hybrid cars, etc would be step no two.

Walter,