Date:         Sat, 13 May 2000 02:38:24 -0400
Reply-To:     "Joe L." <jliasse@TOAST.NET>
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From:         "Joe L." <jliasse@TOAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: I thought I had a RIGHT to cheap gas????!!
Comments: To: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
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     If petrol did go that high one wonders what effect on the prices of
everything produced with or transported by petrol. Which is everything.



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Of Marshall Ruskin
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 6:24 PM
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Subject: Re: I thought I had a RIGHT to cheap gas????!!


Well, if gas were to triple or quadruple in price - instead of doing the
obvious thing - we'd just make even more efficient engines, and consumption
would stay the same or continue to increase.

Instead, if engines became horribly inefficient, (extremely heavy, very
dirty, very thirsty) - we'd find another technology to provide motive power.

It is for the reasons above we abandoned steam engines - think about it. ;>)

(It is Friday, after all)

Marshall Ruskin




>Fossil fuels will only last another 50-100 years.
>Future generations will look back on 20th/21st Century America with
>disdain as the wasters of a precious and limited resource for the most
>selfish reasons.
>The best thing that could happen is for the price of gasoline in the USA
>to triple or quadruple. That would ensure only those who need to use it
>(ok, or can afford to) do, and it would also spur the use of alternative
>energy and mass transportation.
>Notice I did not even mention Global Warming, which will undoubtedly
>cause the eventual extinction of humankind on this planet.
>