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The article discusses the impact of high gasoline prices in Europe Few Europeans are as nonchalant about the high cost of fuel. After three decades of seeking alternatives to oil, Europe is somewhat less vulnerable to the effects of higher crude prices. Oil and natural gas still lubricate Europe's economy, to be sure and industrial countries like Germany remain among the world's largest importers. But for a variety of reasons — ranging from smaller cars and shorter commutes to the windmills that dot the countryside from Denmark to Spain — Europe does not view $40-a-barrel oil with the same alarm.