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Subject:	Re: Recreational vehicles and more questions about the US
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:16:32 GMT
Reply-To:	mattdm@mattdm.IHATESPAMorg
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Christopher Tracey <ctracey@wamalug.org> wrote: > dollars per vehicle on a US road. This money is used for road construction/maintaince, tax breaks > on the oil/automotive industry , etc. I imagine the relatively high prices in Norway reflect the > true cost of driving, something America is unwilling/unable to do. Of course, you probably also have great public transportation. -- Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/ Boston University Linux ---> http://linux.bu.edu/

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		Re: Recreational vehicles and more questions about the US
(...) For major cities, this is mostly true. But if you're ever trapped in a small town, chances are there's only one bus for the day or so. Fredrik (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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		Re: Recreational vehicles and more questions about the US
(...) Part of the reason is that the US government heavily subsidizes most, if not all, of the automotive industry. I once read the US local/state/federal governments shell out between ten and 15 thousand dollars per vehicle on a US road. This money (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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