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Originally Posted by wwjdrv
I also heard the price per gallon that would have an impact on our society's fuel consumption was $2.00, then I heard $2.35, and now they are saying $3.00. It was interesting, they expected a huge jump in mass transit riders, but I know in the bay area, they saw an increase of .5-1% depending on what form of transportation.
Im not sure that we will ever really get it.
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People got it in the late 1970's. Not as much as they *should* have, but gas consumption dropped significantly during the gas crunch. We haven't reached the inflation adjusted levels where people start curbing their usage on a large scale yet.
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