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Matt on September 20, 2008 - 6:34am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

It shows how we have no problem trading time ( waiting in line ) for rewards ( fuel).

Not yet. But wait until it becomes a daily, regular time budget problem. Then behaviour may change to more premanent "solutions" like car pooling.

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ryvr on September 23, 2008 - 6:09pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

"Not yet." Yeah.

I am actually impressed with the orderliness of my fellow man at the moment.

Here in Asheville, NC, most gas stations are closed. The few that are open have lines up to a mile long, and people are bringing spare gas cans.

It seems they're ok waiting for hours in line at the moment, but it is looking like we will have real and major shortfalls of supply, and I'm not so confident people are going to see the world as business-as-usual then as they seem to even now with the lines and hoarding.

I'm glad they can wait in long lines and not riot, but what about when they hit empty next time?

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