*Pictures Alec with a Kelis wig screaming "I hate you so much right now"*
Gasoline/Petrol/Bensiini costs 1.52e/l in Finland now...
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frissy said:
Which country do you live in? The public transport wouldn't be privatised would it?
And don't worry alec, most of the Vault Doomsayers turned out to be right. You may be the one to lead us to a new age of wisdom or understanding. Or you might just an over-reacting nutter. Works either way.
Country...read the topic black boy (Finland).
True the public transport is private...to some degree at least. The prices are same everywhere, and I think the goverment owns some of the public transport companies. Not sure though.
Trains are like the most affordable of the public transports and still... for example I was visiting Italy a while back and train tickets cost like 8e for three persons without any discounts or student aids. In finland it cost 10e with a student discount of 50% for one person (the length of the trip is roughly the same). This is the CHEAPEST puplic transport.
As for the bicycle issue..well 1m of snow and -30 celsius also comes in the way of making travelling a reality in winter
Imagine Fallout, acid rains and most hellish weather imaginable with wildfires and such. Now invert that into cold weather and you have the normal finnish winter
Ps. AAAARGH!! MY RANK IS HUMAN?LY! NOOOO!!!! YOU BASTARDS!
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True the public transport is private...to some degree at least. The prices are same everywhere, and I think the goverment owns some of the public transport companies. Not sure though.
Trains are like the most affordable of the public transports and still... for example I was visiting Italy a while back and train tickets cost like 8e for three persons without any discounts or student aids. In finland it cost 10e with a student discount of 50% for one person (the length of the trip is roughly the same). This is the CHEAPEST puplic transport.
As for the bicycle issue..well 1m of snow and -30 celsius also comes in the way of making travelling a reality in winter
Imagine Fallout, acid rains and most hellish weather imaginable with wildfires and such. Now invert that into cold weather and you have the normal finnish winter
Ps. AAAARGH!! MY RANK IS HUMAN?LY! NOOOO!!!! YOU BASTARDS!
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YAMAHA XS400 HISTORY
Murdoch said:
Very true, but is the 'good stuff' actually that much better? Will I get better fuel economy? Will my car run longer? Is there less wear and tear on my engine? What are the benefits?
One reason I never even considered it was that my mechanic uses regular for his car. Every mechanic I know uses regular. My dad uses regular, and he built his own cars for a long time. Why is it that much better? I'm honestly wondering now.
Of course it's not better, but you can feel superior and snooty about it!
frissy said:
SEE! SEE! This is what privatisation does to a sector where it is not meant to be profitable, but accessable! ARG! Finnish government FOOLS!
frissy said:As for the bicycle issue..well 1m of snow and -30 celsius also comes in the way of making travelling a reality in winter
But you'd get up to your optimal heart rate in no time, and you wouldn't sweat! Awesome aerobic exercise with none of the mess!
ferdinand said:
Finnish public sectors are being privatised?
How prophetic
Lee Laa Uberbaa said:
What?
That's a bit of a short-sighted conclusion. Think about the number of factors that come into play, what comes to my mind is the expense of running a railway in Finland as opposed to Italy. Finland only has a third of the railway track of Italy, and one tenth of the population. There is also the consideration of Finland's climate, which is quite different than what Italy experiences. That's just a very small amount of the number of different things that would come into play when dictating price of railway service.
Or do you also believe it should cost the same to take a train in India and Canada, and that all price differences are the fault of the respective governments?
Or do you also believe it should cost the same to take a train in India and Canada, and that all price differences are the fault of the respective governments?
Have you ever been to Italy?
Do you have ANY idea how appalling the state of their train network is? A train is considered on time if it's only 15 minutes late. I don't care if it's cheap, which it isn't, it's not useably because it is so damned tardy all the time
Do you have ANY idea how appalling the state of their train network is? A train is considered on time if it's only 15 minutes late. I don't care if it's cheap, which it isn't, it's not useably because it is so damned tardy all the time
Kharn said:
I took trains throughout Italy in the summer of 2003. They were always within 10 minutes of ontime. This was the same in all countries I visited, including Dutchistan.
Murdoch said:
Yeh must've been lucky
Dutchistan has privatized railway companies. The trains used to run on time, before that. Used to.
Comparatively, I remember taking a train in Italy (towards Venice, I think) that was 45 minutes lates.