Re: Dominant Form of Transportation

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From: Orval Fairbairn
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 04:34

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In article <3A7D4C2B.53CDE22B@quiotix.com>, Jeffrey Siegal
<jbs@quiotix.com> wrote:

> Ian Kluft wrote:
> > Not even every urban area is large enough to support any more transit than
> > buses.
> 
> This assumes that population distribution doesn't chanage so that this
> statement is no longer accurate.  50 years is a long time.  100 years
> even longer.
> 
> 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.

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