What Happens At $5 Per Gallon?
by Judd WileyApril 26th, 2008, 12:21 pm
We keep driving - that’s what happens. What are the alternatives?
Mass transit? Our subways and light rail are overcrowded and consistently late because they are poorly designed, managed, and operated. Our buses are slow, inefficient, and filled with riff-raff. Plus, the vast majority of commuters don’t live near a train or bus stop.
Telecommuting? Sounds great for the employee. But what sane business owner would arrange his operation so that his workers get to stay home surfing the net and watching TV?
Relocating? It often costs more to live closer to the centers of economic activity, which is why we commute in the first place.
Hybrid cars? Only if you are willing to pay the premium sticker price, which is thousands of dollars.
Alternative fuel sources? Most of the much-hyped petroleum substitutes - ethanol, biofuel, sunlight, wind, water - are idiotic pipe dream fads. Unless we build hundreds of new nuclear power plants or invent cold fusion, we have no alternative to gas.
So we will keep driving our gas-powered cars to work everyday. $5 a gallon is expensive, but it’s not yet cost prohibitive.
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