Saturday, July 25, 2009

Book To The Future

Reuters' journalist Timothy Gardner has reviewed a new book on the future when gas is priced out of sight.

"$20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better" by Christopher Steiner predicts significant changes in the familiar American lifestyle.

Things like extensive road travel, car pollution, deaths from car accidents, and how we get our food, are covered with an eye towards an improved quality of life.

If you have to ride a bike all the time, you probably will stay slimmer.

Reuters: Business Books: Costly gas is good for you
...when gasoline hits $10 a gallon some 20,000 lives will be saved per year.

High oil prices should finally push the United States to catch up with Spain and Japan and develop high-speed rail lines.

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