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$20 per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better

Name: $20 per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better
Author: Christopher Steiner
ISBN: 9780446549554

by Christopher Steiner

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 274
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ISBN: 9780446549554

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Overview of $20 per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better

Can you imagine a future in which we travel by train, not plane? A future without garbage trucks? A future in which Wal-Mart and Disney World go out of business? A future in which outsourced jobs come back to America?

With chapter that reflect how our world will drastically change at a given price of gasoline (Chapter $6, Chapter $8, etc.), $20 Per Gallon brings good news. Ultimately, the high price of gas will make our world simplersafermore family-friendlyand, in general, offer a healthier way of living. Based on the latest scientific research as well as interviews with top experts in energy, urban planning, farming, and transportation, this book presents a startling, exciting, and reassuring picture of our future-a future that will soon be upon us. Be prepared-and inspired-for the changing world awaiting us.

Synopsis of $20 per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better

Imagine an everyday world in which the price of gasoline (and oil) continues to go up, and up, and up. Think about the immediate impact that would have on our lives.

Of course, everybody already knows how about gasoline has affected our driving habits. People can't wait to junk their gas-guzzling SUVs for a new Prius. But there are more, not-so-obvious changes on the horizon that Chris Steiner tracks brilliantly in this provocative work.

Consider the following societal changes: people who own homes in far-off suburbs will soon realize that there's no longer any market for their houses (reason: nobody wants to live too far away because it's too expensive to commute to work). Telecommuting will begin to expand rapidly. Trains will become the mode of national transportation (as it used to be) as the price of flying becomes prohibitive. Families will begin to migrate southward as the price of heating northern homes in the winter is too pricey. Cheap everyday items that are comprised of plastic will go away because of the rising price to produce them (plastic is derived from oil). And this is just the beginning of a huge and overwhelming domino effect that our way of life will undergo in the years to come.

Steiner, an engineer by training before turning to journalism, sees how this simple but constant rise in oil and gas prices will totally re-structure our lifestyle. But what may be surprising to readers is that all of these changes may not be negative - but actually will usher in some new and very promising aspects of our society.

Steiner will probe how the liberation of technology and innovation, triggered by climbing gas prices, will change our lives. The book may start as an alarmist's exercise.... but don't be misled. The future will be exhilarating.

Publishers Weekly

Steiner makes provocative—and ultimately optimistic—predictions about how the rising price of gas will revolutionize our world. He projects how human behavior will accommodate incremental $2 gas price hikes from $6 to $20 and anticipates the radical changes we will make in our consumption and travel habits. John Wolfe delivers a competent reading, imparting a wealth of data with a steady emphasis, timing and projection that inflect the major points of a text well enough for listeners to distinguish what is relevant. A Grand Central hardcover (Reviews, May 25). (Aug.)

About the Author, Christopher Steiner

Chris Steiner is a senior staff reporter at Forbes magazine; one of three writers in the Chicago bureau. Previously he worked as a civil engineer in Park City, Utah.

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Publishers Weekly

Steiner makes provocativeand ultimately optimisticpredictions about how the rising price of gas will revolutionize our world. He projects how human behavior will accommodate incremental $2 gas price hikes from $6 to $20 and anticipates the radical changes we will make in our consumption and travel habits. John Wolfe delivers a competent reading, imparting a wealth of data with a steady emphasis, timing and projection that inflect the major points of a text well enough for listeners to distinguish what is relevant. A Grand Central hardcover (Reviews, May 25). (Aug.)

Library Journal

Forbes staff writer Steiner's (chrissteiner.com) solidly researched book draws on the latest scientific research as well as interviews with experts in the fields of energy, urban planning, farming, and transportation. He begins with a vignette illustrating the pervasiveness of petrochemical by-products in American life, then predicts which industries will flourish (local organic farming) and which will become obsolete (airline travel) as petroleum prices rise. In our future as Steiner sees it, efficient electric cars will be recharged via smart-grid technology and high-speed rail will be ubiquitous. From chapters titled "$6 a Gallon" through to "$20 a Gallon," actor/narrator John Wolfe sustains listeners' interest. A critically important and superbly written and read title highly recommended to all listeners of nonfiction.Gail Preslar, Eastman Chemical Co. Business Lib., Kingsport, TN