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It is there to help when the spigots close to us.
Yes, we are going to start paying the real price of oil. Airlines will shut down duplicate routes. Some areas will not have daily service, and when that happens, the whole advantage of air travel, speedy travel, will be reduced to long haul, and high volume routes.
Prices will go even higher for air travel, and the scale of the planes will reduce. What will take its place?
www.amtrak.com
Course, we need a lot more rail than we have now.
Three steps might preserve America past peak oil.
Step one. A total revamp of transportation and city planning. Unbuild exurbia, swap deeds for townhouses, built with high energy efficiency in mind.
Step two. Reduce all interstates to 2 lanes with inter urban rail service built in. Use interbelt ROWs for light rail.
Step Three. Nationalize all energy producers. Plow profits back into achieving a sustainable, energy independent America by 2125.
The old oil paradigm is falling like Saudi output. A heroic response to this critical reality would stimulate our economy while creating an America that doesn't need to mug other nations for oil.
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