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Article: THE LONG COMMUTE SOON WON'T MAKE SENSE
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- May 9, 2008
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Joseph Staniunas Jr. explained why, in his drive from Roanoke to
Radford, the commute still makes sense ("The commute still makes
sense," May 1 commentary). While I'm uncritical of his decision,
that he's written this commentary at all illustrates the perception
that with historically high gasoline prices, many commutes are
making increasingly less sense. Let's explore why a commute like his
formerly made sense, makes less sense now, and whether and for how
long it will continue to make sense.
Virtually all transportation in America today is powered by
petroleum, the densest, most convenient and most portable fuel on
the planet. Domestic U.S. production of petroleum historically
follows ...
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