Global Consciousness:
What is GOOD(!?) about high gas prices?
What
do high gas prices have to do with global consciousness? I
know that sounds crazy! High gas prices are a good thing??!?
What I am nuts!??! Trust me, I AM CRAZY, but only
in a good way, and yes I think HIGH gas prices are a GREAT
thing...here's why.
I live in greater Los Angeles and drive about 11 miles (very short!) one way everyday to and from work.
I carpooled for a long while, and then my partner moved.
The bus/train situation I researched and gave a pass to...it didn't meet my needs.
So, like most people that live here in L.A., I use the awesome freeway system to get to and from work...one dude, one car...you know the American way.
So, now gas prices go up, and they are up significantly. I judge this because there are a lot fewer cars on the freeway during my drive not only to work...but back home as well.
Granted some of the the change is due to school being out for the summer, but school alone doesn't account for the dramatic decrease in the volume of traffic.
So, higher gas prices affected the global consciousness of greater L.A. Higher gas prices affected the global consciousness of California, and the United States and the entire global. Even sea creatures, Godzilla and the aliens living in Atlantis are affected.
So, why are higher gas prices a good thing? Because we need to change they way we live. If we don't then the planet will be much better off, because Homo Sapiens with have affected their own extinction.
Just think about a place like LA. I have heard all kinds of proposed solutions to alleviate the traffic problem, but nobody ever proposed higher gas prices. What a great idea! Even slow witted old ME, is considering alternate solutions to such an attack on my pocket book.
I am talking to a friend about carpooling...so far, we have not been able to work it out.
We are thinking about getting a Prius Hybrid...44 miles per gallon would be great! In 2010, Toyota is coming out with a "plug-in" version that I am really waiting to see.
With a plug in hybrid (assuming I have the same job/commute situation) I could, in theory, drive to work without using ANY gas.
Left Coast Motors will convert your gas car into an electric only car. They also will install the special charging device into your garage. I looked at this option, but it seems that with the coming of the "plug-in" version of the the hybrid, the charging unit would be obsolete pretty soon.
I thought about trains but LA trains don't make it to my house...but maybe someday they will.
A motorcycle, bike, or scotter might be a good option, but I have to work out the lack of cargo space for all my gym clothes.
I know there are a lot of bad things about high gas prices, like high cost of food due to transportation cost.
When something so fundamental to our life styles dramatically changes, we have to learn to adapt our global consciousness in order to adjust to the new paradigm...and in the case of our attitudes towards energy, I guess higher gas prices is what it will take.
I live in greater Los Angeles and drive about 11 miles (very short!) one way everyday to and from work.
I carpooled for a long while, and then my partner moved.
The bus/train situation I researched and gave a pass to...it didn't meet my needs.
So, like most people that live here in L.A., I use the awesome freeway system to get to and from work...one dude, one car...you know the American way.
So, now gas prices go up, and they are up significantly. I judge this because there are a lot fewer cars on the freeway during my drive not only to work...but back home as well.
Granted some of the the change is due to school being out for the summer, but school alone doesn't account for the dramatic decrease in the volume of traffic.
So, higher gas prices affected the global consciousness of greater L.A. Higher gas prices affected the global consciousness of California, and the United States and the entire global. Even sea creatures, Godzilla and the aliens living in Atlantis are affected.
So, why are higher gas prices a good thing? Because we need to change they way we live. If we don't then the planet will be much better off, because Homo Sapiens with have affected their own extinction.
Just think about a place like LA. I have heard all kinds of proposed solutions to alleviate the traffic problem, but nobody ever proposed higher gas prices. What a great idea! Even slow witted old ME, is considering alternate solutions to such an attack on my pocket book.
I am talking to a friend about carpooling...so far, we have not been able to work it out.
We are thinking about getting a Prius Hybrid...44 miles per gallon would be great! In 2010, Toyota is coming out with a "plug-in" version that I am really waiting to see.
With a plug in hybrid (assuming I have the same job/commute situation) I could, in theory, drive to work without using ANY gas.
Left Coast Motors will convert your gas car into an electric only car. They also will install the special charging device into your garage. I looked at this option, but it seems that with the coming of the "plug-in" version of the the hybrid, the charging unit would be obsolete pretty soon.
I thought about trains but LA trains don't make it to my house...but maybe someday they will.
A motorcycle, bike, or scotter might be a good option, but I have to work out the lack of cargo space for all my gym clothes.
I know there are a lot of bad things about high gas prices, like high cost of food due to transportation cost.
When something so fundamental to our life styles dramatically changes, we have to learn to adapt our global consciousness in order to adjust to the new paradigm...and in the case of our attitudes towards energy, I guess higher gas prices is what it will take.
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