Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, Not everyone would have to change. As I said, small changes by large numbers of people can have a huge impact. Here in Atlanta, the existing limited train is not used by many people out of fear of "them". One of our most congested roads had the train line extended out with a express bus line going even further out. It is currently little used but possibly will be more used as people at the margin try the less expensive option. My personal transportation choice are all manual four cylinder versions that get fuel economy in the same range as yours. When we replace my wife's Civic in four or five years hopefully a hydrogen vehicle will be available. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 4/26/06, Marc James Small <msmall@aya.yale.edu> wrote: > > At 09:51 PM 4/26/06 -0400, Don Dory wrote: > > >But with gas hitting $3 in the U.S. people might change. Possibly try > mass > >transit. > > Mass transit is simply not an option for 70% or more of the population, as > an increasing number of folks in the US live in small towns or in the far > outer suburbs -- can you imagine the cost to drive the DC Metro out to, > say, Clarke County? Mass transit already works for those living in the > inner reaches of the large metro areas, but we lack the infrastructure to > see use increase dramatically. > > I'd slap a $5 a gallon tax on gasoline imported from outside the US, open > ANWR, and start pumping natural gas from the Florida coastal waters. The > money from the new tax should go to set up processing plants for shale oil > -- the US has raw reserves of shale oil equivalent to something on the > order of ten times the proven petroleum reserves. > > I drive a manual '84 Audi 4000S which gets 40mpg on the highway and 30mpg > around town. My wife has a straight-drive Hyundai Elentra which does > almost as well. I am looking for a late 1950's VW Bus to use to haul my > gear when I go camping, but there is no rush on that: my wife and I can > lug it all in both cars now. > > Marc > > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >