LightningJoe
New member
Perhaps we can dispense with the magic electric/hydrogen car ideas. I believe we understand that the hydrogen or electricity or whatever it is must first be created.
A far better idea is to increase vehicle occupancy. Americans simply prefer to drive their own cars, ususally with one occupant per vehicle. If we could just change that, we could stop worrying about gas prices for a long time (although not forever).
This means buses and trains. (OK, fine, make them electric). Right now, buses are for poor people and no middle class person would be caught dead on one so they're subsidized by government, offer poor service, and lose money. But if all those people in the traffic jams were on the bus, their commutes would be shorter; they could work, sleep, or read on the way; and there'd be enough usage to justify good service even without government subsidies.
Why would you rather sit in a traffic jam in your car at 5 MPH than ride the bus at 60 MPH?
A far better idea is to increase vehicle occupancy. Americans simply prefer to drive their own cars, ususally with one occupant per vehicle. If we could just change that, we could stop worrying about gas prices for a long time (although not forever).
This means buses and trains. (OK, fine, make them electric). Right now, buses are for poor people and no middle class person would be caught dead on one so they're subsidized by government, offer poor service, and lose money. But if all those people in the traffic jams were on the bus, their commutes would be shorter; they could work, sleep, or read on the way; and there'd be enough usage to justify good service even without government subsidies.
Why would you rather sit in a traffic jam in your car at 5 MPH than ride the bus at 60 MPH?