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How Does Fuel Fuel American Lifestyles?

Posted by: franny.ritchie
Thanks to: Franny Ritchie
19 July 2009 - 5:00am

Americans will be forced to change their lifestyles as fuel prices rise. NPR's "Talk of the Nation" talks to author Chris Steiner about the good that might result.

When it's time to fill up the gas tank, many fear the price of gas will return to the $4-a-gallon days of last summer. But according to author Chris Steiner, our lives would be a lot happier and healthier if gas prices rose into the double digits. Steiner explains himself, and the title of his book: $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better.

Full Story: Could $20 Gas Make Us Happier?
Source: National Public Radio, July 16, 2009
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