[DVBC] $4 gas good for bike shops

[Dave Hartrum]

The problem is you can't get elected if you have the balls (sorry  
Hilary) to tell people what they don't want to hear and that they  
have to make some hard choices.
When my 18 year old daughter says she may actually start to walk to  
school you know the gas prices are having a positive impact.

Dave Hartrum
dhartrum at mac.com




On May 12, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Douglas Bower wrote:

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> I have been looking to see if a real scientific study has been done  
> showing the price of gasoline in relationship to the amount of  
> drivers switching to alternative transportation.  Many years ago  
> there was talk on Capitol Hill to increase gasoline taxes to cause  
> gasoline to be $4.00/gallon.  The idea was to incentivify people to  
> use public transportation and other alternatives, and to use the  
> revenue for public transportation and build an infrastructure which  
> is more bicycle and motorcycle friendly.  We are almost to the  
> $4.00/gallon mark and I would like to know if people are really  
> switching to alternative transportation, if so in what numbers?  I  
> have heard some large cities have seen an  increase in ridership on  
> public transportation but not Philadelphia.  My sister (who can’t  
> ride a bicycle) is looking into a 75mpg commuter “Tango” vehicle,  
> so for her $4.00 is enough to cause her to switch, how about the  
> rest of the country…
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> Our reliance upon foreign energy sources has been proven to be very  
> bad for the United States and for as long as I can remember  
> politicians have been talking about “energy independence” (Nixon  
> and Carter).  We have been attacked and 3000 people died at the  
> hands of terrorists we helped funded by purchasing their oil.    
> Hydrogen fuel celled cars and trucks do not release harmful  
> emissions, nuclear power plants produce electricity without  
> creating greenhouse gasses.  %75 of the oil imported into the USA  
> is used to fuel automobiles and produce electricity, the other %25  
> is used for plastics, vinyl, lubrications and other products.  In 5  
> years we could be reduced to %0.0 the amount of oil imported to  
> fuel transportation and electricity production.  Has any of the  
> people we have elected to office considered this?
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> Doug
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> From: dvbc-list-bounces at list.dvbc.org [mailto:dvbc-list- 
> bounces at list.dvbc.org] On Behalf Of domzdvbc at att.net
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 12:10 PM
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> Subject: [DVBC] $4 gas good for bike shops
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> Let’s hope these new commuters gain a lasting impression of ALL the  
> benefits of cycling.
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> Dom
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> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24566705/
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