Imagine an everyday world where the price of gas (and essential oil) continues to go up, and up, or more. Think about the immediate impact that would possess on our lives.

Obviously, everybody already knows think about gasoline has affected our traveling habits. People can’t wait to junk their gas-guzzling SUVs for a new Prius. But you can find more, not-so-obvious changes on the horizon that Chris Steiner tracks brilliantly with this provocative work.

Consider the next societal shifts: individuals who have about $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the price tag on Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better homes in far-off suburbs will soon realize that there is no longer any market for their homes (purpose: nobody really wants to live too far away because it’s very costly to commute to function). Telecommuting will quickly expand quickly. Trains can be the setting of national transportation (since it used to become) as the price tag on flying turns into prohibitive. Families will begin to migrate southward as the price tag on heating northern homes in the wintertime is too pricey. Cheap everyday items that are comprised of plastic will recede because of the rising cost to produce them (plastic is derived from oil). And this is just the start of a huge and overpowering domino effect that our way of life will go through in the a long time.

Steiner, an engineer by schooling before turning to journalism, sees how this basic but constant rise in oil and gas prices will totally re-structure our life style. But what may be surprising to readers is that all of these adjustments may not be adverse – but actually will usher in a few new and very promising areas of our society.

Steiner will probe how the liberation of technology and innovation, brought on by climbing gas prices, changes our lives. The reserve may start as an alarmist’s exercise…. but don’t be misled. The near future will be exhilarating.