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$20 per GALLON!?!?
This is a conversation with the author of a book I read about 2 years ago.  I think this is a very clear example of how short-sighted people in general are, and government is in particular.  Some things seem inevitable and yet, we continue merrily down the same path.  I see this as opportunity.  What do you think?
http://www.freakonomics.com/2009/07/30/it-wont-be-so-bad-a-qa-with-the-author-of-20-per-gallon/
It Won’t Be So Bad: A Q&A With the Author of $20 Per Gallon Annika Mengisen07/30/2009 | 10:46 am
It’s notoriously hard to predict gas prices. Who would have thought in 2006 that we’d be paying $4 a gallon in 2008? Or, as prices peaked last year, that we’d be filling up for $2.50 a gallon this summer?
That said, civil engineer and Forbes reporter Chris Steiner argues that prices will rise precipitously over the next few decades. (It would probably make as much sense to argue that electric cars will take over and gas prices will fall, but that’s another argument for another day.) In his book $20 Per Gallon Steiner talks about how super-expensive gas would change everything — from the cars we drive to the price of sushi (if you can still buy it at all); whether Wal-Mart ... more

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