Hello
Here in Sweden we currently pay around $12/USG for 100LL, and it is even worse in other places in Europe. You in the US, think about your flying and how such price level would affect you. Glad to read your thoughts about it.
My thoughts goes to the general threat of the enviroment and the "peak oil".
In the car industry in Europe and Asia it's of high priority to develop fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly cars, which there are resources for because of the big market providing this.
The market for general aviation however isn't that big here and is mainly dominated by the USA.
Could it be that the relatively low prices on gas in the states leads to that the development isn't growing in the speed we desire? Lycoming and Continental is the greatest industries for engines, but do they really have the whipping pressure to develope new engines when they have the USA-market secured in the forseeable future?
Here in Sweden we currently pay around $12/USG for 100LL, and it is even worse in other places in Europe. You in the US, think about your flying and how such price level would affect you. Glad to read your thoughts about it.
My thoughts goes to the general threat of the enviroment and the "peak oil".
In the car industry in Europe and Asia it's of high priority to develop fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly cars, which there are resources for because of the big market providing this.
The market for general aviation however isn't that big here and is mainly dominated by the USA.
Could it be that the relatively low prices on gas in the states leads to that the development isn't growing in the speed we desire? Lycoming and Continental is the greatest industries for engines, but do they really have the whipping pressure to develope new engines when they have the USA-market secured in the forseeable future?
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