Re: OT: Today are we lounging on deck chairs aboard the Titanic?

On May 21, 8:10 pm, dkomo <dkomo...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What if gas cost $10 a gallon?

In the Netherlands it costs 6.48 $/gallon.
In Italy it's "just" 5.96 $/gallon.

"Forget pizza delivery. And cheap airfares. And bottled water. In fact,
forget a way of life that looks much like today's. But would that be so
bad?"

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/SaveonaCar/WhatIfG...

"Thousands of truckers would go bankrupt. Airplanes would sit idle in
hangars. Restaurants and stores would shut down. Car-pooling, hybrid
vehicles, scooters and inline skates would swing into vogue. And
telecommuting, rooftop vegetable gardens, home cooking and recycling
would proliferate."

I don't see such catastrophe at 10 $/gallon, people will just use
smaller cars.
When it reaches 100 $/gallon there will be big problems.

--dk...@xxxxxxxx

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