Re: Dominant Form of Transportation

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From: Jeffrey Siegal
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 10:22

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Orval Fairbairn wrote:
> > Imagine, hypothetically, that energy costs increase to the equivalent of
> > $100/gallon gasoline.  In that instance, people are going to relocate to
> > highly energy-efficient urban centers, largely in temperate regions,
> > resulting in much greater population density there, and much lower
> > elsewhere.
> 
> And then they will starve there because nobody will be able (or available)
> to afford to grow and sell food, nor will there be any way to get it to
> market.

I don't believe that is necessarily true.  It might be true, or it might
not.  Certainly there would be people able to grow and sell food as long
as the price of food is high enough to pay for the needed energy
expenditure.  As for whether people could afford to buy food, the
depends on how much the price went up.  Food currently represents a tiny
share of spending in developed countries, so even a large percentage
increase would not have the population starving.

What percentage of current food costs cover energy use?

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Subject: Re: Dominant Form of Transportation
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