Reply #94: It will happen way before gas hits 6 bucks a gallon. [View All]

[Javaman]

last summer proved that. At "just" 4 bucks, the amount of driving nation wide dropped off.

The main problem this highlighted though was that we have a really piss port public transportation infrastructure. We don't have trolleys anymore, our train system is antiquated and grossly underfunded and many major cities have a lacking or vastly inefficient bus system.

Gas is going to go up again, but unless the problems I just stated are fixed, we will be right were we were last year only much worse. Unlike last time when gas went up do to over speculation by a select few, the next time around won't be the case and there won't be a sudden pull back in prices when they reach a point of detriment.

There were some truly serious issues arising from the high gas/oil prices last time. The lion began to chew on our ears before we were able to pull our head out of it's mouth.

We won't be so lucky next time.