Gas

"This is not my car!! Where the h*** did I park my car?????"

Car!? I can't find my bike! :-P

excuse me...coming through!

Gas by The Visions of Kai | The Magic of Love.

“Like this gas tank, you are overflowing with preconceptions, full of useless knowledge. You hold many facts and opinions, yet know little of yourself. Before you can learn, you'll have to first empty your tank.”

~ Dan Millman

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The Visions of Kai | The Magic of Love says:

GAS PRICES AROUND THE WORLD

Netherlands - Amsterdam ............................................. ..... $6.48
Norway - Oslo ............................................. ........................... $6.27
Italy - Milan ............................................. ................................. $5.96
Denmark - Copenhagen ............................................. ......... $5.93
Belgium - Brussels ............................................. .................. $5.91
Sweden - Stockholm ............................................. ................ $5.80
United Kingdom - London ............................................. ....... $5.79
Germany - Frankfurt ............................................. .................. $5.57
France - Paris ............................................. ............................. $5.54
Portugal - Lisbon ............................................. ....................... $5.35
Hungary - Budapest ............................................. .................. $4.94
Luxembourg ............................................. ................................ $4.82
Croatia - Zagreb ............................................. ......................... $4.81
Ireland - Dublin ............................................. ........................... $4.78
Switzerland - Geneva ............................................. ................. $4.74
Spain - Madrid ............................................. ............................. $4.55
Japan - Tokyo ............................................. .............................. $4.24
Czech Republic - Prague ............................................. .......... $4.19
Romania - Bucharest ............................................. ................. $4.09
USA - New York ............................................. ........................... $3.75
Estonia - Tallinn ............................................. .......................... $3.62
Bulgaria - Sofia ............................................. ............................ $3.52
Brazil - Brasilia ............................................. ............................. $3.12
Cuba - Havana ............................................. ............................. $3.03
Taiwan - Taipei ............................................. ............................. $2.84
Lebanon - Beirut ............................................. ........................... $2.63
South Africa - Johannesburg ............................................. ...... $2.62
Nicaragua - Managua ............................................. ................... $2.61
Panama - Panama City ............................................. ................ $2.19
Russia - Moscow ............................................. ........................... $2.10
Puerto Rico - San Juan ............................................. ................. $1.74
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh ............................................. .................... $0.91
Kuwait - Kuwait City ............................................. ........................ $0.78
Egypt - Cairo ............................................. ..................................... $0.65
Nigeria - Lagos ............................................. ................................ $0.38
Venezuela - Caracas ............................................. ....................... $0.12

Source: CNN/Money as of April 2008 * Price in USD Regular/Gallon

1 Gallon = 3.78 Liters

Gas prices are going up and up everyday and this is no good for no one
because it effects every single business and then reflects to consumers.

means YOU & ME

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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Levan Kakabadze (tabu) says:

that's the jam!!!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

BooWho2 says:

guess its time to move to Venezuela..... just so i can have cheap gas and still drive my truck..........
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

M Silva says:

Wow!! even in Brazil is a little bit cheaper!!! It was not like that some time ago. I love the way you bring up issues !!!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

siggito says:

And THAT is why I don't have a car in Oslo ( :

BTW: ÜBERCOOL pic:) I really could not belive my eyes!!!!!Damn!!!!!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

iceman9294 says:

Puts things in perspective...
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

floralgal says:

OMG, what a nightmare!!!!! Great shot, however!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Ilse Watson [deleted] says:

I like the words, but I don't like those gas prices. It's ludicrous!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Trish Mayo says:

When I see prices like that I am glad that I don't have a car - subways and buses take me where I want to go. Your image and price comparison chart clearly illustrate the problem .Unfortunately we are all paying higher prices now not only for gas but for food as well - everything depends on transportation and transportation depends a lot on gas prices.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

pearson251 says:

Awesome work !!!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Peter Grevstad says:

About 4.38$C here in Canada.
But I'm a transit user, so this doesn't affect me directly.
I think that the west is too addicted to cheap petroleum and driving.
This is an interesting time, as it's sort of a 'wake up'.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

memory in time( Patti ) says:

Great picture Kai....looks like an L.A. freeway at rush hour!! Billions in iraq and they're an oil-producing country. I guess we pay them twice!! Not to mention(but I will) the CEO's of Exon, Chervron, etc. who are reaping record profits! somethings amiss.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

juntos (ON/OFF) says:

Wow mamma mia how MANY CARS .. I agree totally with you...
its amazing how humans can be so stupid and greedy--
and who pays?? certainly not "them" ...

Well done my friend to bring these subjects up and to add on top of it yr great shots .. BRAVO XX BB
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Stefania Maria says:

Totally agree with you dear Kai. Current prise it's a shame!

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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Len Langevin says:

Powerful image and message...great work, Kai!

PS...Gas on Vancouver island is around $1.40 per litre, so around 5.60 USD per gallon.

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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Kris Kros says:

The message is so powerful, Kai.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Leticia Grabois [deleted] says:

I agree.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

fjspefj says:

It reminds of madness, this scene. You'll see if you think a bit about it!
Nice contrasts!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

bryanilona says:

A scary photo - just like the escalating fuel costs = rising food prices.
Think you have underestimated the UK costs - hit £5 per gallon last week - nearer 10 dollars.
As for food, we need to be eating more local produce (and producing more in our own back yards).
Tried to get local green beans this week in a UK supermarket and had the choice of fresh beans from Morocco, Egypt, Kenya and Guatemala -
think of the fuel involved there!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

dan [durango99] says:

love the photo by itself, but in context with the gas issues it brings even more meaning. bravo!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

malavoda says:

A total nightmare Kai.

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malla_mi says:

come on!!!! historical shot! Man this deserves Pulitzer award!!!!!!!!!

Ps: Serbia 1.20 euros
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

im4maui says:

Mother Nature is crying
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

digitalART2 says:

Wonderful Kai! Your message is soo true!
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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

°°k°° (summer break) says:

Black & White Art Award
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

lenny_farmer says:

Black & White Art Award
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

supermans wife says:

5.20 a gallon in Vancouver BC Canada, as of an hour ago, expected to jump to 5.48 s gallon by the 3rd weekend of May. Just amazing.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

saintinexile says:

Black & White Art Award
super.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Rui Palha says:

Excellent, Kai.
(the original size is too big 4288X2848 pixel...:-)))
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

St_Tr_Verkhovensky says:

great photo and great point of view...
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Salvatore Lapignola says:

great shot
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

bloody-valentine says:

amazing sad and hypnotic shot.
my question is... do we need more cars? the problem is not the Gas, is pleople buying more and more cars... there are others/better ways.
well done!

Black & White Art Award
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

billy gomez says:

insanity for sure
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Sue, Toronto says:

Frightening and real.
I found this Cool image in

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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Eno83 says:

Black & White Art Award
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Dark Spinner says:

It is madness. It is sad. This is a wake up call but everyone has been asleep for so long ...........
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Ming chai says:

" brilliant Composition " ! fantastic !
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Romi_Q [deleted] says:

What an AMAZING analogy and metaphor you have included in this image, dear Kai!! This is not only a brilliant reminder for Love for a Clearn Earth but also for Love for a Clean Mind and Soul. How smart that quote is to compare a polluted and biased mind with a filled-up tank!

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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

colorfulexpressions says:

Wonderful capture! But let's talk about the CEO's who are raking in milions? I don't get it, do you? How can they sleep at night? I know, they don't have a conscience. The other evening we saw the local pizza (actually from Mystic Pizza) parlor delivering on a motor scooter....thumbs up!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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telfa says:

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Evan Snyder says:

YES!
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pbredow says:

so happy i dont own a car though like you say it effects everyone!!!
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robmelody says:

Black & White Art Award
this is really cool-disturbing but cool!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

jane * says:

excellent pic, Kai! I really love this pic! Great Great Shot! :)
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

tatyveli says:

Great capture Kai portraying exactly how things are all over the world... Yup, the oil prices are a Disaster for everything and everyone. Than the question begs to be asked: Why in God's name are we still using cars that run on oil? And why haven't cars been build that can driver PERFECTLY on water for example? Answer: the car industry has done and does everything to PREVENT the building of such cars, and the inventors of these have been punished, destroyed, and their inventions - stolen and afterwards locked up.... yeah I know, some will say this is rubbish BUT IT ISN'T :S - too much business and big money are involved in Keeping us doing what we have always done, so that we are going right to the DOOM of our Earth and on living peacefully and happily from now on, without wars, without hatred, and without being overrun and commanded by the Big Money corporations and governments of the as..kissers of the Big Money that do rule the world...
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

tatyveli says:

Congrats on yet another Explore with this beauty too :)

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♥ ṡhøώ ṃε υɾ ρïχ ♥ says:

Awesome...love it..love ur perspective...have a super weekend Kai..hugss..smiless

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Outbj says:

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tsuihinyang says:

Superb capture!

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Eduardo Amorim says:

Genial !
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Gerard Bosch says:

Black & White Art Award
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Daryl's World TTL says:

Award winning!!!!
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shapeshift says:

that's a lot of cars... nice shot.
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~lala~(Lisa) says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Gold Seal of Quality 1post:2Comment, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Fantastic capture...and great information, Kai...thanks so much for sharing.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Cezanne SLC says:

Black & White Art Award
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Papafrezzo says:

We're second on the list (Norway)... Good and bad, I must say ;-) The prices now have reached 13 NOK a liter, or 9.63 USD / gallon...
Well made picture... Makes you think. Should make you think.

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Annie in Beziers says:

Scary amount of cars! I only use mine when absolutely necessary. I prefer to walk.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called suburbanality - your turn to host bunco night!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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Rob Robbins (off and On) says:

You have quite the knack for finding these photo stories. Good job, Kai.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

kevindooley says:

A marvo pic, way awesome... and thx for the facts, afraid that the data is already outdated though!
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Great perspective.
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QuinTes says:

my other car will be a bicycle!

great shot and message!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Wow, great shot, and great description.

Have a great weekend, Kai, my friend.

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KAMorin says:

Kai this is fantastic!!!! I love the black & white!!! I was just telling my hubby all the prices you listed... unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank God I work from home and take the commuter rail... I'd be broke!!!!!!! I hope you are having an awesome weekend my friend!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

AndréTeixeira - (away) says:

I lost myself in this great and disturbed urban hell, man!!! You are for sure a urban poet too!

Well done in b&w pp!
Hugs!
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Karen.b says:

This is great in black and white. Hope this scene can change soon and we'll see some alternative fuel and electric cars hitting the road instead.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

ThijsFr says:

Very nice capture.
Thanks for reminding me of the Dutch gas price :-)
The strange thing is that car-usage back home did not change, prices are inelastic, people rather skip their holiday than give up their car.....
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

JAIRO BD says:

Love it!
Um abraço
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

~Epoy~ says:

i like your style of photography...impressive shots!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

aswirly (away) [deleted] says:

Gas is only $3.75 in NY? Its about $1.00 more here in SF...
Really cool shot. Boy that's alot of cars.!!! WOW
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Lindorm Photography says:

Metal coffins.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

♥♥...♥♥ [deleted] says:

I like the way you convey messages through your photos
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Woah, what a capture!

Your fantastic black and white picture is my winner!
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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Harald S. on vacation says:

Today Kai, I had to pay 12.94 (NOK) for 1 litre.....that is about 2 dollars pr. litre gasolin... and we produce very much gasolin...we are known as a oil-nation, Norway.

BTW, your picture really puts the problem with cars and polution into perspective, very good shot!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

negra223 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Flickr Envy (INVITED Photos Only), and we'd love to have this added to the group!

With all this useless knowledge we have, you'd think we would have realize by now, that for every action...there is a reaction!! Guess the tanks are still to full! lol

Awesome capture and truthful words (unfortunately!)
Bravo!!
;0}

P.S.....thank u!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

imTulips!!! says:

...Kai..thanks for waking us up!!
and if more of us chose to walk or use public transit we would, one step at a time be walking our talk!!!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Sandy ~ aka Scarlett's Images says:

Gas - Coeur d'Alene, Idaho - $3.38

What a cool pic!

As much as I drive around on the weekends with my camera - I need something better on gas than a Jeep.. it only gets 12 mpg - so ... I spent $50 a day for 3 days = $150.00 for a few shots of an eagles nest, baby eagles and some osprey... ~sigh~ but I sure love my pics! :)
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limegreen_kayak says:

I like the feeling of compression in this shot. The B/W makes it feel timeless, but with the feeling of everyone trying to beat the clock. Well done!!!
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great find. nice.
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The Visions of Kai | The Magic of Love says:

Levan Kakabadze (tabu) says:

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