Are we in the position of Atlantis when it was sinking?

(I will not elaborate on that. Do that yourselves)

 

hmm what a concept a thread started by Greywolf with the header of "odd thought". do you have any other kind?

 

I'd say we're more like the Roman empire in its last days.

 

maybe both? hmm...I'll get back to ya on this one.

 

I agree with AeroPA.

 

With the changes we are facing now I agree with AeroPa

 

I think we are in the position of the Exxon Valdez, promising ourselves we will clean it up when we get to it.(glug, glug, glug......)

 

Well - say for the sake of it that travel is much less common than in earlier times, people will develop a different way of life don't you think? More centralised, with a lot of things done online or over the phone.

Country living might become more difficult, and even more people move toward cities. Transportation costs will be more prominent in the minds of people when they think about where to settle or make a living with mass transit or alternative transport even more prominent.

I've been thinking for a while that there are many changes possible. And yet - americans have in the past always shrugged and just got on with things no matter how prices fluctuated...

What happens if the price of fuel doubles again?

 

Greywolf, your statement that country living would become more difficult would only apply in the sense of those that live in the country but continue to work in the city. True country living IMHO would be more of the back to earth type of growing your food,raising your own livestock,hunting and fishing rather than going to the local WaWA. True it would be more labor intensive but at the same more sastisfying in the long run.

 

I disagree. America has faced hard times like this before and we have always come out on top, why would now be any different?
People are going to do what they do regardless of the fuel prices.
I think that if anything, it will cause people to rethink the vehicle they drive. A lot of the people who buy fullsize trucks and SUVs even though they dont do any real hauling will probably think twice. Looking "cool" in your big truck isnt as important when it costs you $50 every time to fill up.
However, those of us who actually use our trucks as trucks will NEVER sell-out and buy a car. For some of us, a car just isnt practical.
Octane

 

octane is right, but the people that will really suffer are those of us that HAVE to drive our trucks or vans to a jobsite some distance away. $50-$60 to fill-up isn't too bad...until you have to do it 2 or 3 times a week.

 

Fuel cost is what killed off the job I had at the beginning of the year. I'm only just now beginning to get re-stablized.

 

You got cheap gas where you are? It costs me $70 to fill up my Ranger.

As for the Atlantis question, I think we're on the verge. We probably need about 10 years to change our ways, or in 15 we'll be done for.

 

"New Orleans is sinking and I don't want to swim"
song lyrics from a song I don't remember and a singer I've never met(in other words, I've fogot who did that song)

 

The Tragically Hip', circa 1990, from the "Up to Here" CD collection