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I"m afraid that the commuters on the freeway account for a small percentage of the oil we consume. Every thing we consume at the grocery store and walmart all get to the consumer via a distribution system run off oil.
We ship some raw materials over to China, where they convert it to a small plastic thingy, coat it with a little bit of lead and then ship it back to us all at an affordable price at yesterday's oil prices. In the winter time, we get fresh fruit from South Amercia. Can you imagine the energy it takes just to bring stuff to consumers who can live way out in the woods because of the old price of oil?
NPR was talking about $200/barrel oil in the near future. There could be some major changes in the way we do everyday business.
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