Since most of our technical, industrial and societal infrastructure is based on fossil fuels, particularly petroleum; and since no large scale [except nuclear] FEASABLE alternative exists to fill any of those functions, that’s an interesting opinion.
A personal analogy:
On my new house, the toilets had a problem flushing. Ok, long and short of it is that I had to replace all of my external sewage pipes. Rather than a new car, I had no choice but to fix an infrastructure issue. We don’t choose our choices sometimes, they merely happen.
How will we cope with $5/gal gas? We will cope. No one asked that this happen but it is now in our laps and we have no choice but to adapt/pay the price and move on. It will get fixed, we will be better, and we will move on.