Today, the Southeastern U.S. is center ring of a Gasoline Circus. Gas in Greenville, SC rose 63 cents in less than a day. In Atlanta, Stations were charging as much as 6 dollars per Gallon. Now public awareness is the highest it has been. Awareness of what is a real crisis in our country. We have known for some time that being dependant on gasoline has been a problem. But the problem, as I have said many times, is deeper than that. This ridiculous dependance on the automobile has got to stop. It is crippling our cities and it is only getting worse. We are the most advanced civilization in the history of the world. There is simply no reason why we cannot develop a system of public transportation that is both efficient, and convenient. But we have to act upon it. And now is the time. Now when we see what can happen when gas prices go through the roof. People are stopping and looking around for an alternative, and we need to have an answer for them.
-T
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I'm up here in Philadelphia (PA) and we saw the price go from 2.80 to 3.50 at some stations up here.
Pretty shocking stuff, but I guess it's bad all over, yet it isn't as bad anywhere else as it is down in Mississippi and Louisiana. Count your blessings, right?
Lots of places used to have electric trolley service. I know Milwaukee, here in Wisconsin, used to. Some of those things should be brought back.
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