Re: public transport, was: Case against environmentalism lecture

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From: Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt 512-83...
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 16:17

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srin@cs.utexas.edu (Srinivas Nedunuri) writes:
>>increased gas mileage saves about 7.5% of total auto costs.  That's just not
>>very significant....

Sure it is.

To claim that gas prices don't influence driving habits is to ignore the
most basic economic principles.  Even a 1 cent increase in gas prices
affects demand somewhat.  It has to.  It's like gravity.

It affects rich people less, but that's unavoidable.  It's healthy.
It makes people want to be rich.  To succeed.  

Despite liberal whining to the contrary, that's a good thing, not a bad
thing.
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