[palmer]

My monthly gasoline bill is over $400 per month. Tell me that ain’t a crisis.

The trucks we use are very productive compare to anything equivalent. My bus pass is $220 / month ($330 without the metrocheck subsidy), I drive at least once a week so pay for the bus I'm not using and 5 gallons of gas. But all that is cheap compared to the work time gained, better job, mobility, and flexibility. The cars and trucks just happen to be very heavy and energy inefficient while also being very productive tools.

There will be a crisis for many until people adapt. That said, people who run small businesses dependent on energy are going to have to diversify.

[mamelukesabre]

How does a small business “diversify”?

[papasmurf]

There will be a crisis for many until people adapt. That said, people who run small businesses dependent on energy are going to have to diversify.

Tell that to Aloha, ATA and Skybus. Or tell it to the 33 Motor Carriers with 50 or more trucks that have closed, or the approx. 20,000 independents that have closed.

A crisis is not a catastrophe. It doesn't mean the sky will fall. It's a stressful period. It's a warning that a catastrophe may occur if actions aren't taken to prevent it.

This is a crisis.