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Originally Posted by Due
Personally I dont see it as a big problem, some people will not be able to afford driving their car due to high gas prices, others will just be pissed about. Again is cars really something for everybody?
It may hurt the car manufactures for dropping sales (especially Ford have been in the news), a lot of people is getting fired and unemployeed. Then again, can you really blame anyone else than the car manufacture ? They based their entire business based on 1 important natural resource, if they didnt work on an alternative when the business was good to have a backup in place, isn't it really just their own fault ?
If you live by the assumption everything is not for everybody (everybody should have a car and be able to afford driving it), wouldn't it also be the best for our environment, everybody know less cars on the road = less pollution, if people are more savy heating their house = less pollution.
What do you think?
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depends how you look at it.
less people driving and flying means less CO2 pollution which means less green house gasses. that's good.
high prices also raise food prices and raises inflation making it hard for some people to buy all the food they would like or any at all in some developing countries. that's bad.
so it really has a two effect. it's not one or the other and it really depends on your views and how you look at it.