Originally Posted by HiYoSilver
...2. gas prices are too low. They would need to be about $5.00 a gallon before we would begin to see a change in commuting habits...
Agreed, US gas prices are way too low.
Avg's/Galon (in US dollars):
US: 2.144
Poland: 4.835
Great Britain: 5.794
Netherlands: 6.158
If one compares the respective per capita GDP* of Poland ($12,000), and USA ($36,300) there is an even greater disparity. Note that Poland also has an unemployement rate probably around 15% versus US's ? ~5%**. Gas in the US would probabley have to reach >$15(fifteen)/galon before seeing a legitamate change of private as well as political transportational behavior (in my opinion).
*I've no idea whatsoever if per capita GDP is a usefull statistic to use comparitively, just an easier statistic to google.
**Stipulated unemployement rates.