Well, this is a different take on our current gas situation. The darndest thing is that it actually makes sense.
Chris Pummer writes the Shades of Green column for Marketwatch. Here’s an excerpt (full text) of his column that ran Wednesday entitled “Eight reasons you’ll rejoice when we hit $8-a-gallon gas”:
Consider the world of good that would come of pricing crude oil and gasoline at levels that would strain our finances as much as they’re straining international relations and the planet’s long-term health:
1. RIP for the internal-combustion engine
2. Economic stimulus
3. Wither the Middle East’s clout
4. Deflating oil potentates
5. Mass-transit development
6. An antidote to sprawl
7. Restoration of financial discipline
8. Easing global tensionsHis column (full text) goes into more detail for each reason.
spam!! anyways gas that high would force a lot of people in north mississippi out of work.
Actually, Hanks is a legit blog and linked to us. Sooooo, we’ll let the link stay. The blog made an interesting point about the increasing costs of plastic bags. But I still think it is going to be a long time before NeMiss shoppers start bringing their own cloth bags to the store, unless we are given an incentive.
Heck, the cashier always looks at me like I’m a weirdo when I tell him/her that I don’t need a bag for my one or two items.