A world less flat

America has so far experienced the year’s extraordinary rise in petrol prices as a death by a thousand cuts. Each automobile trip weighs heavier on households budgets. Vacation plans are revised. Pizza deliveries are circumscribed. The long anticipated purchase of a new pick-up or SUV is revisited. And despite the national love affair with automobiles, commuters are increasingly parking the car and boarding trains and buses. Decision by decision, dear petrol is having a transformative effect on the American household.

Guardian