Right now over in Austria the prices of Petrol are higher than ever. This has been a record breaking high week says experts. Diesel is desperate over there. They are currently paying 1.398 Euros per litre, but lucky for them no record is shown to break anytime soon. Fuel export Thomas Woitsch says that if the conflict keeps rising over in Iraq, then so will the oil making records higher than ever before. BP according to ÖAMTC was the most expensive fuel stop in the whole country. This weekend experts have stated that a record breaking cost of 1.460 for Super fuel.
As I was reading this article I was shocked. I thought the prices were so high only over in the United States because of our location in the world. And because of how far the have to actually ship it. It's also amazing how a war can conflict with everything, including the fuel which has NOTHING to do with the fight. Gas prices are way to high for anyones liking, but it makes me feel better knowing that the Americans arn't the only ones suffering. Action needs to be taken for the prices of fuel. There should be no reason that they are so high, and if nothing is done there may be action taken by people around the world who take it into their own hands the wrong way.
http://www.austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2012-02-24/39743/Austrian_petrol_prices_continue_to_rise
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http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-65422-16.html
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http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-65422-26.html
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http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-65422-24.html
Karneval is an important celebration. It brings people together all across Germany, and these people celebrate for quite some time. (Nov. 11th - Ash wednesday). On the different days there are different celebrations the citizens can experience. Almost every German city celebrates carnival and organizes a street parade in its city center. America has many celebrations, but none really like this one. We have a celebration that has floats but that is for Thanksgiving. What suprised me about this festival is that their floats make fun of their floats mocked their politicians and that their floats had nudity. Like i've said this is important and relates to their culture because it brings people together to celebrate and also to drink lots and lots! I've known with learning in my German class that getting together with your families and others is very important to Germans. I feel the floats will represent the conflicts that are happening over in Europe and Asia.
The pictures I chose were one's that stood out to me. The first picture is of a float with a naked man. It shocked me to see that nudity was on one of their floats in front of millions. The second picture is a woman dressed up. It seems to me that their Karneval is kind of like America's Halloween. As for the third picture, I chose that because it's a man enjoying hisself while drinking, and i've learned that's how many Germans like to have fun!
