Will the petro price hike change the way you commute?

Whether the car sales goes high or the fuel price on the rise, the the carbon consumption (Foot-print of individual) goes high inevitably annually. Individuals may prefer an electric car / bio-gas/fuel cell driven but, overall they add , energy consumption. Car owners' pocket /occasion may decide the use of car or other modalities.

There wont be any reduction in sales of the cars as the per capita income of Indian is increased considerably. But increase in sales of the cars does not mean the increase in usage of cars. So there is a difference and dont get confused with the sales figures only.

Regards

Praveen

Dear Natteraja,

I would request to check the changes in commute habit of residence of Delhi after the Metro Rail network. Now you see lot less cars on the road as people prefer to commute through Metro. So if a reliable public transport is available then the people will prefer that.

The car / Bike sales are really not attached to the price hike in the Petrol. Basically people are able to afford buying the car / bikes now, hence they are buying. But they are really not thinking too much of running expenses. But soon such sales will lead to the era when we people used to take out the cars once in week.

The changes in the way of commute may not happen easily as the options available are limited. In face at some of the places the options like Metro, Mono rail etc are created then definately it will change the habit of people. However goverment should invest in more for such infrastructure so as we reduce our dependence on the oil.

Petrol hike definitely effects the common man/middle class communities. But people are fascinated for use of individual vehicles. We may look into it. we can take some positive steps to save the POL.

(1) Use the public transport, if time is not constraint.You can save your fuel and you can add to to the growth of Public transport system.

(2) In One of my cousin's office( Infotech) 4 friends sharing their vehicles.In turn every day they bring only one vehicle and share with other three( But time strictly followed). So they are saving three vehicles POL. A good thought.

(3) Plan your trip well. So that you can finish off your work on the way and you can avoid number of trips,hence fuel saved.time saved

(4) Fuel saving also helps to reduce the traffic in Metro cities.

yes in theoretical but there is deviation in reality. No one scared  for the price rise and every one is caring to travel with family only. People are not thinking about country's loss for  importing the petrol. Governement should educate the people about the loss in foreign currency and reveue loss.