More on energy

As you can see from the previous post, this article continues the thought on current depletion of oil production.

Since the last post, I have been utterly amazed how much I have heard on the media regarding this issue. Now, it's NOT the main headlines. You almost have to squint to see it or strain to hear it, but the news of it is definitely escalating through out the media.

I have heard confirmed by at least 3 different media resoures that gasoline will easily be hitting $3.00 by the end of December this year. Actually, if you really, REALLY pay attention to the media, you can hear bits and pieces of the soon coming energy crunch pretty much on a daily basis.

I am noticing the ever-increasing number of super-sized pickups and SUVs in the "preowned" car lots. Still, amazingly, especially for lots of Texans - sad to say - I don't think many truck and SUV drivers will even give up at $3 a gallon. Trucks are like horses to these people! Shoot her? NO WAY!! She's still got plenty of miles in her!!

SInce most metropolitan areas have been literally planned and developed based on oil energy, it's going to be incredible (not in a good way) to see the changes that will take place over the next year regarding transportation and the daily commute.

Here in Texas, where the skies are big and everything is bigger, we definitely haven't compressed urban development like in Japan. Oh, no. We've spread out as wide as the big Texas sky. A 30- to 45-minute commute is not even blink worthy here. Therefore, mass transit is poorly developed.

Honestly, I can't really imagine what a 30-minute commute in a car would be like if converted to attempting it on horseback or bicycle.

I live away from the big city and commute to another small town 30-minutes away. If gas prices double by next July, which is what I've heard, one might be wise to invest in U-haul stocks or one of the bigger moving companies. (Still, since energy bills are being considered right now to help boost oil production helping oil companies about $2 billion a year, one may consider still investing in them before they meet the massive extinction much like their very own supply).

The question is, what will happen to all these half million dollar homes built in suburbia? Ghost towns could soon be a thing of the future, not just the past.

Change is here to stay.

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