You know, if they came out and said 'Yeah, we're doing this to support research into how to refine the replacement for the internal combustion engine, so there is no need for us to use fossil fuels any more and we're going to run on fresh air and sunshine!' then hey, that I would happily pay more for.
But it isn't! It's just... crap! They have us over a barrel, literally! The trend is already starting here... I know sales of large engined vehicles has slumped (thank goodness) and people are reverting to smaller cars. This is a good thing, and it literally governed the recent acquisition of a small 4-cyl car to expand our fleet to two. But that isn't their intent, nor reasoning, so it just doesn't make any sense at all, and how the hell does anyone stop them?
I agree. Over here they actually told us that there was going to be a raise in price over summer to offset travel usage. O.o WTF?
The bad thing is there is no way to stop them. The world as a whole is now set on travel being easy, cheap and available. Any longer that is not so true.
I'm beginning to wonder if the price of fuel is going to neccesitate people to stop driving and there will be a global shift to public transportation. O_o
That's already happening here, but not shifting so much to public transport, as the systems are inadequate because people have given up on them and stuck to driving their cars
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I've been thinking about that, too. I wonder if the global world that we are will shrink back into small communities. Like here in Seattle there are a dozen or so neighborhoods, which are basically all communities that surround the downtown area. Even "downtown" is a separate community, though, now that I think about it. LOL! And it all forms what we call "Seattle." So it makes sense to me that people might gravitate back to the areas that they live in to work -- or there might be a telecommute revolution and people will start working from home.
We can always hope! I mean just because we aren't physically around friends doesn't mean we aren't any less close to them, because in here is the perfect example of it! LOL
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I still don't get it though... how can that be justified? It just doesn't mathematically make sense.
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But it isn't! It's just... crap! They have us over a barrel, literally! The trend is already starting here... I know sales of large engined vehicles has slumped (thank goodness) and people are reverting to smaller cars. This is a good thing, and it literally governed the recent acquisition of a small 4-cyl car to expand our fleet to two. But that isn't their intent, nor reasoning, so it just doesn't make any sense at all, and how the hell does anyone stop them?
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The bad thing is there is no way to stop them. The world as a whole is now set on travel being easy, cheap and available. Any longer that is not so true.
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Interesting paths are opening up ahead!
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