COLOGNE, Germany: At a gas station near the Cologne, Germany airport, Bernd Mueller watches the digits quickly climb on the pump: 22 euros ($23), 23 euros, 24 euros. The numbers...
COLOGNE, Germany: At a gas station near the Cologne, Germany airport, Bernd Mueller watches the digits quickly climb on the pump: 22 euros , 23 euros, 24 euros. The numbers showing how much gasoline he's getting rise, too. But much more slowly. Painfully slowly.'I'm getting rid of my car this October, November,' Mueller, 80, said.'I'm retired, and then there's gas and all that. At some point, you've got to scale back.
average for a gallon of gas is somewhat cheaper at $5, it's still the first time the price has been that high.People in poorer countries quickly feel the stress from higher energy prices, but Europeans and Americans also are being squeezed. Americans have less access to public transport, and even Europe's transit networks don't reach everyone, particularly those in the countryside.
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