I hate to say it, but high gas prices are probably good, in a way; people don't worry about conservation until it hits them where they live [or drive]. It hurts me, too, but if the ever steeper prices finally make people trade in those goddamned 2 mpg hogs and start worrying about fuel efficiency/conservation/alternatives, it'll be worth it.
Very true.
Also, it seems to me that the people this is going to hit hardest are the people who have more $$$ to begin with, since people struggling financially generally either don't have cars, or drive smaller, more practical vehicles.
Not to mention, you know... we are on the brink of actually RUNNING OUT of fossil fuel within the next handful of decades. Maybe this will be a wake-up call to everyone that oil lobby or not, we really do have to start looking to alternative sources of energy, particularly for transportation. Because at some point, it's not even going to be about money anymore, there just won't be any oil left, period.
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Date: 2005-08-31 02:46 pm (UTC)Very true.
Also, it seems to me that the people this is going to hit hardest are the people who have more $$$ to begin with, since people struggling financially generally either don't have cars, or drive smaller, more practical vehicles.
Not to mention, you know... we are on the brink of actually RUNNING OUT of fossil fuel within the next handful of decades. Maybe this will be a wake-up call to everyone that oil lobby or not, we really do have to start looking to alternative sources of energy, particularly for transportation. Because at some point, it's not even going to be about money anymore, there just won't be any oil left, period.