LOOKING AT THE BRIGHT SIDE-CHAPTER TWO

Why am I belaboring the point of high gasoline prices? The answer is that it is the tipping point which is leading us to make major changes in the way we live our lives. In fact according to one of the recent polls, 40% of Americans have experienced major changes in their ability to maintain their standard of living because gas is near, at or above $4.00 per gallon. If you think $4 a gallon is debilitating, what happens when the price rises to $6 per gallon? And it will within the next decade. Foreseeing the coming tipping point is akin to the captain of the Titanic foreseeing that iceberg in his path. He didn't avoid his problem, but we can avoid ours.

Because, by recognizing what will inevitably happen, we can begin the process of creating meaningful jobs, affordable universal health care, returning our world to green and nurturing innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit.

Chapter Three will be the last in discussing the price of gasoline. Future blogs will focus on jobs, health care, greening the world and innovation.