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Old 05-25-2008, 09:48 PM   #2 (permalink)
Peakster
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It has begun...

When people feel financially pressured and personally screwed because of a societal 'necessity' they consume, the general public tends to have no interest in changing their habits/perspectives. They'd rather retaliate with anger, gestures, of committing physical harm to others (and believe me, I've been this side of the fence on this too). Why should they have to change when they have the right to cheap fuel?

It doesn't surprise me that 95% of the people that honk/swerve their vehicle purposefully at me while riding my bike on the road are drivers of trucks/SUVs. They feel that if they're suffering financial crunches, others who adapt for the better should suffer just like them.

"If you can't afford to own a car, then you deserve to be bullied by the rich!"

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Originally Posted by SVOboy View Post
People are such morons! ...I hope gas hits $10 a gallon and then have to get their stupid selves on a bike...
$10 a gallon won't change a thing. People will just be more irritable, that's all. Fuel has to cost 101% of a person's income for the raging masses to truly give in. I think it was the film "A Crude Awakening" where one expert hypothesizes that gasoline has to reach $75/gallon before people finally give up and go back to human-powered vehicles (heck, some people would still afford $750/month to fuel their Geo Metros).

Last edited by Peakster; 05-25-2008 at 10:10 PM..
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