Reply #22: It hurts those who have to travel a long distance for jobs..though and

[KoKo]

families already at the "tipping point.'

But, I agree that we've coasted for too long on cheap everything. Conservation gave way to Excess. And we lost our focus in the 90's
with the "Dot Com Feel Good, Full Employment" Society.

We are going to need to deal with the Reality that the Party in Cheap Resources can't go on forever. But, I hate to see folks "on the edge" who need to drive long distances (where there's little or no public transportation available get hurt).

Still...I remember the Gas Lines of the Carter Era where we pooled together and got involved with Car Pools and cut back those one stop trips and made ourselves plan better.

So, yes, Bandit...there's much good that could come out of this. If one looks at the downsides and how one copes.