Another Way of Looking At It...

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We all bemoan those giant (even smaller) SUV drivers that suck up the gas, couldn't care less for preservation, the environment, and saving money. And even those that drive smaller cars who drive like they stole them....

Then we bemoan price hikes on gas...we all feel the burn, yea?

But what about looking at it like this:

There is a finite amount of "cheap" oil in the ground. Years before it truly runs out, the price will of course sky rocket, right? So maybe these gas sucking SUV drivers are doing us all a favor in the sense that these folks are helping us all by burning through the "cheap" oil fast. Doing this will of course make gas sky rocket as demand will quickly outpace supply, thereby compelling governments, and companies to come up with power solutions that are not tied to oil sooner rather then later. As gas sky rockets, behaviors will finally change, people will ditch their land barges, change their driving habits, and with the help of higher and higher gas sales taxes, this will all conspire to get us out of the oil economy.

This is all idle thinking, and highly speculative, I admit, and forgive me for thinking out loud so to speak, but if the world is going to require a solution that is not oil based, and not forcing us to be beholding to fanatical freedomless countries, then we need to do something sooner then later.

Could crisis be the mother of invention?

Let the soccor moms, the motorsports macho crowd, and other gas guzzlers have their fuel...burn baby burn...lets get it over with sooner rather then later, and lets get to hydrogen or other technology that will finally interdict our adiction to oil...lets get this overwith, and hope the environment will bounce back there after.

Ok, so I know this thinking is radical, if not irresponsible, and I can't say that I even agree with my feeble ramblings here, but sometimes you have to let the "crack adict" hit rock bottom before he starts to help himself, as sad is it may be to watch "someone" spiral under a bit.

It is sad that it may well take what I suggest here before people stop and think, and start to change their attitudes and behaviors with regard to oil usage.

Could conservation only prolong our adiction to oil? COuld it be like adding a filter to a cigarette to make it "safer", instead of just quiting?

Just another angle, and again, not saying I even agree with it, but these ideas kind of struck me as I road the bike into work this morning.

Perhaps I'm dead wrong...even if gas gets to $6 a gallon, the giant SUV drivers will still suck up the gas....it's sad.