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Starlord wrote:
If you lived out here in the Desert where that 8 mile walk in daylight
hours
would be 100F, you'd pay for the gas.


You speak of the outlier population. The majority will change their
lives to accomodate for the eventual $5-6/gal, most notably the ones
who drive just a few blocks to the store. You have to turn the heat up
gradually so the population won't notice the pinch on the wallet.

Maybe the majority should just change their voting practice so that we don't
have a major war in the oil producing regions and could trade for it at a
reasonable price.

On the other hand, maybe we should just invest a few trillion in good old
nuclear fusion (works for the sun after all - and it's the most abundant
element) and hydrogen fuel cell technology (using renewable energy sources
to crack water). However - perhaps the minority running the war (and owning
the US domestic reserves) wouldnt like that. Has it ever struck anyone that
cheap oil is bad for the people that own the last of it? And that hydrogen
makes up 98% or so of the mass of the solar system ?

The rest of you are screwed. The guvmint won't help you out 'cause our
domestic spending VISA card will be maxed out after war with Iran.

Not just 'cause of that - but beacause it's not in their best interest ?

Darwinism at its best.

Indeed.