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Imagine an everyday world in which the price of gasoline (and oil) continues to go up, and up, and up. Think about the immediate impact that would have on our lives. Of course, everybody already knows how about gasoline has affected our driving habits. People can't wait to junk their gas-guzzling SUVs for a new Prius. But there are more, not-so-obvious changes on the horizon that Chris Steiner tracks brilliantly in this provocative work. Consider the following societal changes: people who own homes in far-off suburbs will soon realize that there's no longer any market for their houses (reason: nobody wants to live too far away because it's too expensive to commute to work). Telecommuting will begin to expand rapidly. Trains will become the mode of national transportation (as it used to be) as the price of flying becomes prohibitive. Families will begin to migrate southward as the price of heating northern homes in the winter is too pricey. Cheap everyday items that are...
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Joseph Malatesta
reviewed $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better on November 14, 2009
$20 Per Gallon
So, in the future, when gas hits $16 - $20 a gallon, I'll still be able to have hot house tomatoes in January and drive an electric car. In fact, everything will be pretty much hunky dorey, just a bit more expensive. Well, we won't be flying much anymore and will have to revamp the rail system. Oh - and the U.S. will start manufacturing our own products and not import them for pennies from overseas. But, no violence. No real disruption or discomfort. Just a scaled-down, more local, even cozy future. In fact, we'll even be able to manufacture chemical fertilizer on a grand scale, thanks to wind power in Iowa. What?!!! The book didn't even touch upon the connection of oil and our jacked up food system - factory farming - which is a huge oil glutton. it did mention blue fin tuna. Alas, sushi will become a lot less common. Well, just shoot me now. This book was fluff - an attempt to gloss over the real and immediate problems that we're facing and sticker them with smiley faces. I like hope, but I also like reality.
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