Originally posted by caltour:
I agree that gas prices will probably keep going up. $3 or $4 a gallon could come sooner than we realize, and it would be hugely disruptive. But you know, I'm not too worried about it. We would adapt. We would change our lifestyles a lot. For example, no more gas guzzlers (soccer moms will no longer drive Excursions), lots of diesel cars running on vegetable oil (biodiesel), increased renewable energy production (wind, solar, geothermal, etc.), suburbanites will work closer to home, more walkable shopping areas will be built in the suburbs, more people will work from home, more public transportation. Not altogether such a bad scenario.
Wind powered cars ?? Come on. The social, cultural and infrastructure changes needed to move society to this lifestyle and this type of thinking takes a generation. The oil could be gone by then.
Bless our servicemen & women overseas.
L.Cpl Ian Malone, 1st Battalion Irish Guards, R.I.P.
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