Justin Dargin asks What Price We Have to Pay?

The question is too vague, and lacks definitions for rational discussion.

If it goes to $10/gal. I might buy a horse. And plant hay.

Ask farmerman, he likes to refer to himself in the third person also.

Well, if it comes to that, you'll be my go-to guy for hay-growing. Is hay even a crop? Shrubs and flowers have been my limit so far. Horses probably don't eat flowers.

I've been waiting for gas to get to $5/gal because my spidey sense tell me that is a tipping point. A point where alternates portable energy storage systems become viable and demand by the public.

BTW---$5/gal gasoline is equivalent to about 5 cents/kw-hr @ 100% thermodynamic efficiency--as most Otto engines are about 10 to 20% thermodynamically efficient--that puts transportation at $5/gal equivalence -hr.

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Does Justin Dargin have to write his questions referring to himself in the third person perspective? There might be a diagnosable problem some where that needs to be addressed....