Town Hall – by Leah BarkoukisIf you’re sick of high gas prices, too bad—they’re not going down, according to outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
“Gas prices aren’t going down,” he said in his final press conference, “they are not going to go down.”
During his four-plus years at DOT, the administration raised the mileage goal to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, a huge increase that will likely lead to hybrids flooding the car market.
“The kinds of vehicles people drive I think will change dramatically,” said LaHood. “I believe that in the year 2025 when the gas standard goes to 54.5, I think just about every family in America will have some form of a hybrid.”
Wanna see gas prices drop through the floor?
Stop driving.
Start looking for a comfortable horse and buggy now, because maintaining a car will soon be unaffordable, if not impossible, regardless of the price of gas, and this will come to pass long before 2025.
LOL, yes you are right jolly R. I would really just LOVE to see us all go back to the Horse and Buggy days. Some of my freinds say that I was born about 200 years to late 🙂 I bet that there wouldn`t be half as many health problems if we did go back to the horse and buggy days.
Yep, you bet Ray Lahood. “just about every family in america will have some form of hybred” if you are one of the lucky ones that will be able to afford one………. Hell, the emergency responce workers like the EMS and the fire dept. people are getting eletricuted when they get ot that “Jaws of life” I think that is what they call it that they use to cut a car apart when there is a accident involving those electric cars.
People owned “hybrids” over a hundred yrs ago…even 2 hundred yrs ago. your horse helped you plow a field and then carried you to town
either by buggy or horseback. now THATS my kind of hybrid!
best of all if the tank gets low on fuel…..just pull over into the nearest fillying(pun intended) station(grass field) and “fill-er-up”!.
🙂
Gas prices are not going to go down, but the oil companies still get it out of the ground for FREE.
Oh, The horse and buggy days !
the stench of horse urine and dung …….
Horse flies and other disease spreading insects.
True, simpler days are romantic,
but they also have many draw backs.
Unfortunately, the horse will be needed once again.
At least we have them, beats walking.
Don’t forget that donkeys and mules are also viable forms of transportation, in a pinch.
If you can stand their stubbornness, that is. 🙂