Originally Posted by Tightwad
While you may not think so your co-workers (and others) are afraid of you and the future you
represent. At a basic gut level these people know the handwritting is on the wall but can't bear
to "see" it yet. You remind them that they,too, will soon be on a bike or using mass transit.
No they won't. They'll just keep paying whatever it costs to drive, and make whatever sacrifices they deem necessary to make sure they can keep putting fuel (be it oil, ethanol or whatever else) in their cars. The only thing that will change is the amount of money they have to fork out to do it.
Some years ago my mother was working in a supermarket. She told me about how people in harsh economic circumstances were forced to make a choice between buying food for their children or cigarettes for themselves. More often than not, the cigarettes won out. The same thing happens with fuel. As I've said before, the motor car won't disappear, it will just get more expensive.
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That is all.