Rise in fuel & food prices sends inflation to 18-year high Riots have broken out in many poor countries due to surging gas and bread prices. A succession of bad harvests in countries such as Australia, as well as competition for land space from biofuels, have combined to push inflation higher.
An old gas station in Germany I gave an extra vintage look Added to RedBubble Featured Art Featured in Retro Conglomerate
An old abandoned petrol station in country Victoria, Australia
THIS SCOOTER IS A CUSTOM FREE HAND LINE ARE DRAWING OF A PIAGGIO VESPA PX SERIES. / THIS VESPA WAS DESIGNED FOR THE WORLD MARKET BY THE PIAGGIO AUTOMOTIVE DESIGNERS IN ITALY BACK IN 1981 AND ARE STILL MANUFACTURED TODAY IN A 2000 MODEL DESIGN MUCH LIKE THE 80’S DESIGN. HOPE YOU LIKE IT
My very first job was pumping gas for a small Mobil Oil Station on a country highway similar to the picture I’ve created here. I worked nights enjoying the big sky, bright stars and loved the Mobil oil flying horse. Various nocturnal creatures would stop by to say hello and sniff around. My customers were mostly local farmers and country people, I knew everybody on a first name basis and never got robbed. I remember at the time gasoline was twenty five cents a gallon. / It seems we now face the end of the cheap-fossil-fuel era. It is no exaggeration to state that reliable supplies of cheap oil and natural gas underlie everything we identify as the necessities of modern life - not to mention all of its comforts and luxuries: central heating, air conditioning, cars, airplanes, electric lights, inexpensive clothing, recorded music, movies, hip-replacement surgery, national defense - you name it.
Just my way of proving a point. We are suffering because of the greed from the oil companies.
So many things have a story to tell.
Flying A was a major gasoline brand in the USA from the 1930s to the mid-1960s, and its disappearance was a surprise to many people. The commercials sometimes had a jingle with a creative if somewhat odd rhyme: “At Flying A we worry … about your carburetor … your spark plugs, muffler, tail lights and your voltage regulator.” ~Wikipedia Taken in Cold Spring, NY with a Canon SD990 IS on 6/20/09
Abandoned fuel pump, Nottingham Road, KZN, South Africa, April 2009 welcome to the future © 2009 Urban Umbra
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Rise in fuel & food prices sends inflation to 18-year high Riots have broken out in many poor countries due to surging gas and bread prices. A succession of bad harvests in countries such as Australia, as well as competition for land space from biofuels, have combined to push inflation higher.
This image was featured in the Neon Heaven group on March 18, 2009. ROUTE 66 IMAGE COLLECTION On a stretch of Route 66 in Shamrock, Texas the once famous Tower Conoco Station and U-Drop Inn & Cafe now houses the local chamber of commerce. Built in 1936, the building represents the art-deco style that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s. The Neon lines are lit day and night. During its heyday, the local newspaper reported that the cafe at the U-Drop Inn was “the swankiest of swank eating places” and “the most up-to-date edifice of its kind on U.S. Highway 66 between Oklahoma City and Amarillo”. “Delicious Food Courteously Served” quickly became its motto. The building with its twin towers was a landmark to the many highway travelers on Route 66. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Please don’t copy or download this image. My photos may NOT be reproduced and/or used in any form without my written permission. If you want this photograph, I would be honored for you to purchase it. ©2008-2009 Patricia Montgomery | Bucks Mountain Galleries | All rights reserved.
Suicide by gas
Sitting in Manitou Springs, Colorado….sits this relic….they sure don’t make ‘em like they used to huh? Art Deco love! It is now an Antique Store.
signs at a welding shop in Barstow, CA on the Route 66
Shot with Nikon L18 edited with Serif PhotoPlus X2 The Americana series were taken throught Baldwinville, Templeton and Otter River / / / © 2008 Rebecca Bryson. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited. My work does NOT belong to the public domain. It may not be used in any way, shape or form without my prior written permission
HDR image of a gasoline pump on the Intracoastal Waterway in Coinjock, NC.
Closeup of a rusty old gas pump from the 1940s
Gasoline pump..
An old pump from the days where peple pumped your gasoline and you could fill a tank for $2. Cuylerville, New York Nikon D80 ~ 18-135mm ~ ISO320
Old gasoline pumps on the farm.
mixed mediums: pen & ink with a touch of colored pencil on drawing paper. / approximate size of original: 20×18 inches
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