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When I first had to pay for my own petrol, I remember distinctly that the price of the top grade of gas at the pump was $1.20 per litre. In the short span of 10 years it has gone up to $2.20! well on paper if you look at it $1.00 increase in 10 years translates into a 10% increase per year.. or something like that. That rate of increase is only comparable to the price increase at McD’s…

Well I’m considering seriously changing my car… I just don’t know how to tell my dad… yup, I still run decisions that are major through him first, I take it as using his brain for a round of filtering of my ideas before they are taken into action. This hopefully filters out some of my really radical and harebrain ideas and reduces the impact on my life post implementation. Strange eh, but I guess that’s what happens to a kid who grows up without siblings to share ideas and thoughts with.

My dad’s view on the rising fuel prices is one that is surely appreciated by our ruling government and many other 1st world governments globally, that it doesn’t matter how much the fuel costs as long as we earn enough. Sigh.. unfortunately for the rest of us caught in this capitalistic web of enslavement, we don’t really earn enough to sustain the current lifestyle.. I really don’t know what to do with my current situation, should I let my car go and revert to public transport? Should I buy a smaller car and pay less to travel on the roads?

Petrol isn’t the only problem in the horizon, the ERP gantries that have sprouted up like wild mushrooms after a spring shower are also adding to the burden of driving… hey what the heck, at least I’ve got my EZ link card already, something that I wouldn’t have dreamt of 6 months ago… …

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