On Jun 15, 2:14 am, James Annan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael Tobis wrote:
> > We can't stop driving cars and trucks in North America for a couple of
> > generations; we have sunk too much into the vehicular infrastructure
> > and too little into anything else. We pretty much can break even on
> > this part and work on other wedges, or we can lose big.
>
> However, you could cut fuel consumption by 50% without even noticing it,
> and probably much more with any real effort.
>
> James
I think that's true. The waste in the US transportation system is
unbelievable.
I figure the less wealthy part of the US would start using public
transportation, vanpooling, and carpooling in response to a steep rise
in gas prices. With no public-sector spending. If the public sector
did not provide more buses, the private sector would take up the
slack. In the longer term, they would buy more fuel-efficient cars.
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