Posted by transportgooru on September 17, 2009 in
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Travel Last year, gas prices soared over four dollars a gallon and Americans responded by driving a hundred billion fewer miles than the year before. Right now, at $2.50 a gallon or so, things seem back to normal. But writer Christopher Steiner argues that’s a delusion. He thinks we need to prepare for life at six, 10, even 20 dollars a gallon, prices which will change a lot more than our driving habits. They will transform what we eat, where we live, and how we view the world. And while there will be losers, he believes the airline industry will largely disappear, for example, for the most part, he asserts our lives will be better.
Tags: $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better, Chris Steiner, Gasoline, Gasoline prices, Impact of Rising Gas Prices on America, Inflation, NPR's Talk of the Nation
Posted by transportgooru on February 22, 2009 in
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Favorite Podcasts This week on Car Talk, after years of running starts, ointments, and the Jaws of Life, field correspondent Daniel Pinkwater’s search for a car with “relaxed fit” comes to a happy end. It’s also good news for the rest of you out there who may be taller sitting down than you are standing up. Also, a Dad gives his daughter some out-dated advice–is he really out of touch, or just trying keep her off the road; why one woman’s effort to save her husband may require finding the most ethically challenged mechanic in Pittsburgh; and, what life-saving words were uttered from the inky shadows of a dimly lit Quonset Hut? All this and lots more on this week’s encore edition of Car Talk.
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