Comments on: Why is $10/gallon gas a great thing? And what does it have to do with evolution, adaptation, and local economic growth? Everything. http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/05/10/why-is-10gallon-gas-a-great-thing-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-evolution-adaptation-and-local-economic-growth-everything/ Business • Technology • Society • Environment Sun, 16 May 2010 21:41:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anonymous http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/05/10/why-is-10gallon-gas-a-great-thing-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-evolution-adaptation-and-local-economic-growth-everything/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Anonymous Fri, 02 Jun 2006 21:12:00 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/05/10/why-is-10gallon-gas-a-great-thing-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-evolution-adaptation-and-local-economic-growth-everything/#comment-190 You might also want to consider looking into additional opportunities in the field of ridesharing and car sharing. If you're going to festivals or conferences, SpaceShare builds custom rideshare systems. Encourage festivals, conferences or other events to use their system to share rides at <a href="http://www.spaceshare.com" rel="nofollow"> SpaceShare</a> and you'll get a ride from neighbors who like the same music or go to the same conferences as you. If you ask a conference/festival to have a ride share system, with one call you might help dozens or hundreds of people skip a drive. For city-to-city carpooling, sites like <a HREF="http://www.craigslist.org" rel="nofollow">craigslist</a> and <a HREF="http://www.erideshare.com" rel="nofollow">erideshare.com</a> can also be practical no matter where you live in the world or US. You can also look into car sharing programs, if you are a resident, in places like San Francisco with companies and organizations like <a HREF="http://www.flexcar.com" rel="nofollow">Flexcar</a> and <a HREF="http://www.citycarshare.org" rel="nofollow">City carshare</a>. Other major US and European cities have similar schemes. It really seems greening up transportation isn't that hard, especially with ride-share and car-share opportunities... You might also want to consider looking into additional opportunities in the field of ridesharing and car sharing.

If you’re going to festivals or conferences, SpaceShare builds custom rideshare systems. Encourage festivals, conferences or other events to use their system to share rides at SpaceShare and you’ll get a ride from neighbors who like the same music or go to the same conferences as you. If you ask a conference/festival to have a ride share system, with one call you might help dozens or hundreds of people skip a drive.

For city-to-city carpooling, sites like craigslist and erideshare.com can also be practical no matter where you live in the world or US.

You can also look into car sharing programs, if you are a resident, in places like San Francisco with companies and organizations like Flexcar and City carshare. Other major US and European cities have similar schemes.

It really seems greening up transportation isn’t that hard, especially with ride-share and car-share opportunities…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/05/10/why-is-10gallon-gas-a-great-thing-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-evolution-adaptation-and-local-economic-growth-everything/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Anonymous Sat, 13 May 2006 06:58:00 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/05/10/why-is-10gallon-gas-a-great-thing-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-evolution-adaptation-and-local-economic-growth-everything/#comment-189 His point, and I think it is a good one, is that humans only adapt when forced to. When they ARE forced to, they're incredibly adaptable and creative. So, rather than wait for the problem to appear on its own time, force the issue by bumping up the price. Now, of course, it's unrealistic to do because of the complex effects such as the black market that would immediately be created, but it would be nice to pull just a couple of levers to modify behaviour, rather than watch us play out the Hubbert's Peak scenario in slow motion as we are currently doing. Troy His point, and I think it is a good one, is that humans only adapt when forced to. When they ARE forced to, they’re incredibly adaptable and creative. So, rather than wait for the problem to appear on its own time, force the issue by bumping up the price. Now, of course, it’s unrealistic to do because of the complex effects such as the black market that would immediately be created, but it would be nice to pull just a couple of levers to modify behaviour, rather than watch us play out the Hubbert’s Peak scenario in slow motion as we are currently doing.

Troy

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/05/10/why-is-10gallon-gas-a-great-thing-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-evolution-adaptation-and-local-economic-growth-everything/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Anonymous Sat, 13 May 2006 05:31:00 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/05/10/why-is-10gallon-gas-a-great-thing-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-evolution-adaptation-and-local-economic-growth-everything/#comment-188 Huh? Weak article. This guy basically says, triple the price of gas, watch everybody squirm, and then everything is going to be cool in the end? Let's be realistic here. The "knowledge workers" (like you, I imagine) would cope just fine with $10/gal because they can just telecommute. How about all the people thrown out of work because they can't get to their jobs? At $10 a gallon, a ride on the bus would cost approximately $6. Huh? Weak article. This guy basically says, triple the price of gas, watch everybody squirm, and then everything is going to be cool in the end?

Let’s be realistic here. The “knowledge workers” (like you, I imagine) would cope just fine with $10/gal because they can just telecommute. How about all the people thrown out of work because they can’t get to their jobs? At $10 a gallon, a ride on the bus would cost approximately $6.

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