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RVonse · May 20, 2005, 10:52 pm

We should all be using hybred vehicals now but no one in the US is really interested. When driving down the highway it is obvious to a casual observer that saving gas is still not a priority for most Americans. Gas guzzling SUV's appear to be as popular as ever and you rarely see more than 1 person to a vehical. Car pooling and mass transit are just about almost non-existant in most cities.

The scary part of all of this IMO is that when the price of gas does finally reach a price that causes people to change it may be too late. We are not doing enough research right now to be ready. According to the author of this article the price will be when gas price reaches $4/gallon:

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issue...s_ventura.html
"the U.S. has no long-term way to influence prices. That means $4 a gallon by next spring, and rising – $5, then $6, probably $10 by 2010 or thereabouts. Their economy can afford it; ours can't. We may hobble along with more or less the same way of life for the next dollar or so of hikes, but at around $4 America changes. Drastically."

And according to him it will be too late for us to do anything but go back to light rail.

May 20, 2005, 10:52 pm	#3 (permalink) (top)
RVonse Igneous Magma Posts: 563	We should all be using hybred vehicals now but no one in the US is really interested. When driving down the highway it is obvious to a casual observer that saving gas is still not a priority for most Americans. Gas guzzling SUV's appear to be as popular as ever and you rarely see more than 1 person to a vehical. Car pooling and mass transit are just about almost non-existant in most cities. The scary part of all of this IMO is that when the price of gas does finally reach a price that causes people to change it may be too late. We are not doing enough research right now to be ready. According to the author of this article the price will be when gas price reaches $4/gallon: http://www.austinchronicle.com/issue...s_ventura.html "the U.S. has no long-term way to influence prices. That means $4 a gallon by next spring, and rising – $5, then $6, probably $10 by 2010 or thereabouts. Their economy can afford it; ours can't. We may hobble along with more or less the same way of life for the next dollar or so of hikes, but at around $4 America changes. Drastically." And according to him it will be too late for us to do anything but go back to light rail. Last edited by RVonse; May 20, 2005 at 10:57 pm.