Carpooling is important for urban density, air pollution and other reasons, but carpooling is not the kind of thing that actually changes the energy equation.
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There are things we can all do to help, including carpooling and traveling only when necessary, in order to save gas during this time. However, there is also something more important which we can all do: buy only the gas which you need.
And autos are not the only product that could be made more energy efficient if we just put in place sensible requirements. This is also true of many appliances and even of entire buildings.
Electric cars aren't pollution-free; they have to get their energy from somewhere.
Energy consumption matters both to our environment and our economy.
For people who live in the suburbs and must commute long distances to work, their wealth will sink as energy prices rise.
I certainly think it's really important that folks in the metropolitan area be able to meet the increased cost of living.
I drove an electric car for seven years because of its advanced technology, not because I have any concerns about energy resources. I have none at all. And when environmentalists say that global warming is dangerous, unprecedented and that we'll have a tipping point for atmospheric carbon dioxide, it's just nonsense.
Power, as in the power structure, is why we are still using gas in cars.
Less cars on the road means productivity and jobs growth, as it allows for the more efficient movement of goods and services and encourages greater urban population density.
I had been carpooling kids for 33 years.
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