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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> If fuel becomes so scarce or expensive that only the wealthiest can
> afford a prersonal automobile, there will not be enough of a motoring 
> public to support the current level of roads, insurance, and all the other 
> things necessary for the motoring status quo.

This reminds me of what I have read about when cars were introduced.
People made forecasts of the awful conditions cars would create. Livery 
stable operators, harness makers, so many would be out of business, etc.

Any transition to the next dominant form of personal transportation is not 
going to happen in a couple of decades. Four-wheeled vehicles will be here 
for a long time. Cars already exist that are largely solar powered. More 
are electrically augmented.

I do like the idea of less traffic.