"As the International Herald Tribune described last week, a study of Germany and Belgium's gasoline consumption during the first half of this year showed that higher prices caused consumption to drop by 10%. This represents a huge amount of behavior change by ordinary consumers."
For sheer scalability, we need to have things happen that embed eco-ways into everyday living. Fuel prices, sustained at higher levels over a period of time, is one of them. We didn't get to where we are now overnight [urban sprawl, loss of local, car culture etc] and it will take time to change again. I hope that the price protests don't succeed: we need this price mechanism to force us to do the right thing collectively.
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Oil Prices Push Conservation:
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