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Originally Posted by sweeps
$7/gallon gas would definitely force something to happen. In the short term people would have to strongly consider things like carpooling or biking to work. Maybe even for some people they'd have to quit their job and find something closer to home.
The silver lining for the long term would be that the public and private sectors would have some major incentive to invest in other fuel sources. Unfortunately I don't think there is quite enough motivation at $3.59/gallon to do much.
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I agree that it will take much more than current prices to force change. In a round-about-way, I think 7.00/gal gas would be the best thing that could happen to us--finally, companies would have to really get on the ball and innovate and come up with something new.