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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
Suburbia is unsustainable. At some point (when the oil runs out or becomes so expensive only the rich have access to oil), we will see whole suburban "towns" sitting empty, tumbleweeds blowing through. This pic is a nice glimpse of that.
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I think your wrong.
We still have enough oil left to last us some time, and electric cars are starting to come on line that will change our driving habits. Ford yesterday announced they are selling their Hybrid Lincoln for the same price as the regular gas version. New car gets twice as much MPG in the city. With new cars MPG will increase to unheard of levels, reducing the amount of oil we need, which will maintain us until everyone drives electric cars.
I do see some changes, however. I think in the future people won't commute to jobs. Most of us will work from home, and houses will be built with home offices built in. My wife drives into Sacramento every day, and there's no need for it. She has a computer here at home, and if she needs to talk to anyone she can do video conferencing.