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Originally Posted by pdxtex
i do drive, but i probably spend 20 bucks max on gas per week. once gas hits 5 dollars a gallon, i think people will start to dramatically reassess their consumption habits.
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I'd like to think so, but part of me is convinced that there is no threshold on gas prices, as long as increases are gradual. Of course, if it suddenly shot up to $5/gallon, people would do something in response. But if it gradually creeps up to that point (or even higher), it will just be factored in to the cost of living. There's a fundamental gap in ideology between people who are willing to live such a lifestyle and those of us who find it objectionable.
The only way most people are going to be dissuaded from this lifestyle is if gasoline becomes so expensive that it's no longer cheaper to live so far from where they work. There's no magic number that will make that be the case; it depends on a lot of factors that differ from person to person.