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More Turbo
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From: Colstrip, MT
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......)
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
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?
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?
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From: Northwest Georgia
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.
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From: Edgerton, WI
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
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
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From: Houston,TX
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.
The Pacifier
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From: Cloverdale, BC
Originally Posted by Octane
Looking "cool" in your big truck isnt as important when it costs you $50 every time to fill up.
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.
