Originally Posted by
grayloon
No disagreement that we face problems if there are no changes in the near future. The very first step needs to be toward conservation of resources, especially petroleum. Unfortunately, the only time that comes into play, it seems, is when supplies get costly or short. And, with the exception of a small segment of the population, a dip in price and/or increase of supply seems to direct people back to old habits.
Which brings us back to the notion that we should have people actually paying the full cost for energy--both because it's fair, and because high prices will encourage conservation.
I don't know about Atlanta, but gas prices have dropped a lot in Michigan since this thread started. Of course, everybody's so upset about the economy they don't even notice the lower gas prices!