Reply #12: It is inevitable that gas will rise in cost to $6, $8, $10, etc. [View All]

[Tesha]

The only questions are "How soon?" and "Will anyone
actually prepare for it?".

In the past, I've argued that we ought to impose
fuel taxes that will fairly-quickly drive the cost
up to those levels because 1) it would force the
shift away from wasteful oil consumption (that SUV
would finally be seen to be the dinosaur that it is)
and 2) we could at least spend those tax dollars
building out the infrastructure that would let our
society survive beyond "the age of oil".

Many DUers don't agree with this, of course. Some
seem to believe that something will be found to
keep gas prices from rising. They're wrong and
it's just a question of when they'll be proven
wrong. Others just want to delay suffering the
pain for as long as possible, even though they
realize the pain is out there and headed towards
us.

Tesha