Comment Re:$4 for gas, come on (Score 1) 1563
I built my country wrong? I was born in 1983, so the country was already built wrong by the time I came around.
I agree, that the US was designed with the assumption that cheap fuel was going to last forever and that only now are we realizing the errors of that assumption. Hopefully higher gas prices will lead to better investment in public transport and less urban/suburban sprawl as people move back into cities. However, for now, things are as they are. I'm not saying that all the "whiners" are completely in the right (all the people who bought huge SUVs that get 15MPG brought the situation on themselves).
All I'm saying is that I wish you would try to realize the situation "on the ground" so to speak in the US and that the rise in fuel costs is really hitting alot of people HARD.
I agree, that the US was designed with the assumption that cheap fuel was going to last forever and that only now are we realizing the errors of that assumption. Hopefully higher gas prices will lead to better investment in public transport and less urban/suburban sprawl as people move back into cities. However, for now, things are as they are. I'm not saying that all the "whiners" are completely in the right (all the people who bought huge SUVs that get 15MPG brought the situation on themselves).
All I'm saying is that I wish you would try to realize the situation "on the ground" so to speak in the US and that the rise in fuel costs is really hitting alot of people HARD.
