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Imagine a day to day world in which the price of gasoline (and engine oil) continues to go up, and up, and up. Take into account the immediate impact that would have on our lives.
Of course, every person already knows think about gasoline has damaged our driving patterns. People can't wait to junk their gas-guzzling SUVs for a new Prius. But there will be more, not-so-obvious changes on the horizon that Chris Steiner monitors brilliantly in this provocative work.
Consider the following societal changes: people who own homes in far-off suburbs will soon recognize that there's no longer any market for his or her houses (reason: no one wants to live on too much away because it's too expensive to commute to work). Telecommuting will commence to expand swiftly. Trains can be the mode of national transport (as it used to be) as the price of traveling becomes prohibitive. Families will commence to migrate southward as the price of heating north homes in the wintertime is too pricey. Cheap everyday items that are comprised of plastic will go away as a result of rising price to produce them (plastic comes from engine oil). And this is merely the start of an enormous and overwhelming domino effect our way of life will go through in the a long time.
Steiner, an engineer by training before turning to journalism, recognizes how this simple but continuous rise in oil and gas prices will totally re-structure our lifestyle. But what may be astonishing to viewers is that of the changes might not exactly be negative - but actually will usher in a few new and incredibly promising areas of our contemporary society.
Steiner will probe how the liberation of technology and advancement, brought about by climbing gas prices, will change our lives. The publication may begin as an alarmist's exercise.... but avoid being misled. The future will be exhilarating.
