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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (173102)12/22/2008 9:48:56 PM
From: XBritRead Replies (2) of 306849
 
OK patron's original message was specifically about using govt policy to coerce people into energy conservation in cars and driving. My point was, that this has been accepted as normal in Europe for decades. The reason for it was that historically, Europe had no oil, and the govts wanted to minimize the geopolitical vulnerabilities of being over dependent on it.

Surveys show that if gas and big cars weren't so expensive, everyone in Europe would want to drive SUV's also. It appears that left to their own free choice, people won't seriously conserve without strong economic incentives.

Since the US is now in exactly the same position, I personally have no problem at all with govt policies which provide those incentives. It's a national security issue primarily. As a second benefit, we may also slow down global warming eventually. Although my guess is that it's too late to prevent a significant temperature and sea level rise now.

The rest of your message, I totally agree. the demographics of Italy for example are horrible, and traditional family structure is already breaking down there. It would be amazing if civil unrest doesn't break out in Club Med land in the next several years.
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