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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (330801)3/29/2007 3:06:00 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1576267
 
Given time to adjust over 25% of driving is discretionary. Also in addition to driving less people would accelerate slower, use brakes less in non-emergency situations etc, if they had to pay $10/gallon for gas. Public transportation use would grow. Given time people would get more efficient cars, or change their living and working situations so they live closer to work.

As for tourism and malls taking hits. Sure they would. But they also would under explicit rationing.
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