[DVBC] $4 gas good for bike shops

[Douglas Bower]

Tom,

 

I have heard that argument before about soda pop but I don't heat my house
with coffee or sodaJ

 

See you on Sunday, Buckeye

 

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When people pay 4 bucks for a Starbucks cup of coffee a gallon of gas looks
cheep.    Tom

 

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From: Dave Hartrum <dhartrum at mac.com> 
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:





Dom,

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.

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 conside red
this?

Doug

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Let's hope these new commuters gain a lasting impression of ALL the benefits
of cycling.

Dom

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