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 Increasing fuel costs affect so many aspects of our life.  Will this create a ban or boom to business in the US, as well as other countries?  (See co-blogger Yvonne Russell’s post, Rising Gas Prices in Australia Affect Business Owners.  Where Will It Stop?)
Here’s a check list of ideas:
*We’ll have to do more carpooling for business, social, and recreational reasons.
*Already we’re combining errands and planning ahead so simply don’t hop into the auto on the spur of the moment.
*We look at our needs more carefully as prices of the “stuff” we buy increases, due to shipping costs and materials involved.
*We research how …read more

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How would you like to pay $6.40 per gallon for gas? Well, that’s what we pay in Australia.
There are a few things different about gas in Australia compared with the US. For a start it’s not called gas. It’s petrol. We fill up at the petrol station, also known as the garage.
The thing that’s the same though is that the price is rapidly going up, and up and up. It’s a major talking point and a very real concern. Some large supermarkets offer discount fuel vouchers. When you buy $30 worth of goods, you get 4c off per …read more