Re: gas prices too high or too low?

From: Dave Hill (davehill_at_mwt.net)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:32:13 -0500

> People don't NEED to be driving at all, so unless you have a bus pass
> you're just talking out of your ass.

Well actually, in our society today, where a horse-and-buggy is simply not
practical in most areas, and very few people have the luxury of living
within walking distance of their employment or recreation or even basic
supplies like groceries, and public transportation is not feasible for a lot
of folks--- most people *do* need to drive. Whether we like it or not, this
country's social, family, and work lifestyles are centered around personal
vehicles. But that issue wasn't my point. I'm not going to debate whether
it should be or not. Right now, it just is.

Conservation is the key word. Back in the late 1970s / early 1980s, we were
willing to conserve on gas. Cars became smaller, people drove fewer miles.
Now, it seems, we're not willing to conserve at all. That's not a good
thing.

Saying that people don't need to be driving at all, even if that *is*
accepted as truth, doesn't explain or even comment to my remark about SUV's.
I still don't understand why it's necessary to purchase (and drive) them as
often as people do, when a smaller gas-saving car would do just fine most of
the time. SUV's are gas hogs, and as such, they're worse for the
environment, much worse for the pocketbook, and they take up more than their
share of parking spaces and road space than a smaller car would do. If
there's a particular reason you disagree with that, it's cool with me, and
I'd like to hear it. But non-sequitor comments about driving in general
doesn't really enter into the debate, you know?

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