Reviews for $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better

The average rating for $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-03-26 00:00:00 Richard Gibson Pretty interesting read. I have two complaints. The world he foresees is way too good. For example, the suburbs are emptied out and people just move to the city. It's not like there's any potential for conflict there! Also, by necessity, his predictions will be very wrong. Mostly because he really can't predict the future of gasoline. If gas takes 20 years to go to $6/gallon, the entire course of his mapped-out future will be altered due to the different level of technology available at the time. Similarly, if the precipitous rise begins in earnest and goes quickly. Say to $20 in 10 years, the technological changes he sees as necessary will not have time to happen. Therefore, this is more of a "possible" future book given a certain set of assumptions on when and at what rate energy prices will begin to rise. All that said, I think many of his predictions (such as we'll stop wasting oil on plastics and move to plant-based plastics) are true in a general sense.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-11-14 00:00:00 Joseph Malatesta 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.