Originally Posted by adamtki
The best way to fight global warming is to hope that peak oil happens real soon. I say, bring it on! We'll have more bikes and less cars on the road. I'm crossing my fingers for $4/gallon. It sounds expensive, but it's more of a psychological effect.
I think the threshold for gas prices is going to be a lot higher than that before you see any major disruption. It is going to take $7-$10 a gallon and limited supplies to stop most Americans from driving. Unfortunately it is going to hit the working poor first, which will have a trickle down effect. Joe Suburbia that makes $100k+ a year can probably suck it up and still survive just fine at $4 a gallon, might have to give up a couple of rounds of golf every month and take his kids out of the ritzy private school. But the people that are really going to get smacked are the blue collar and service workers that are living pay check to paycheck and driving the miles to a minimum wage job somewhere, because they can't afford to live in the sprawl near the jobs.
Aaron
