#3: Awesome. I just forwarded this article to my boss

But in the end, #10 says it all. High gas prices = less fat.

All ten are trumped by the #1 reason to hate $4 gas:

Your economy is collapsing around you.

Wow, that's stupid. It's like saying "I'm glad I lost my legs because I don't have to buy shoes any more."

The smart bit in the article explains why the rest of it is wrong. The smart bit is on the first page. Economics drives decisions much better than politics. (This is the lesson of Fast Food Nation, by the way, a book I recommend even though I don't agree with the author's agenda.)

Due to the same cost-benefit principle that makes people buy smaller cars and drive less when gas prices go up, people were moving to the suburbs, driving to work, etc. because there was a net positive value in doing so.

Personally I'll be happy to see less traffic and fewer speed traps, but only because I can afford gas for my inefficient car. Not because I think recession is good for the country.

Norad:
All ten are trumped by the #1 reason to hate $4 gas:

Your economy is collapsing around you.


Weeeeeeee, the stock market is like a water slide!!

Oh hooray! Just imagine how awesome things will be when gas is $8.00 a gallon here in the US! It will be a motherf*cking UTOPIA!

High gas prices means that all GOPers can shut the fark up about jimmy carter for the next 50 years or more. Your boy bush farked the nation worse, so welcome to shut the fark up, treason supporting biatches.

I hate driving anyways. Nearly bought the farm on the Dallas North Tollway yesterday....I could do with out the commute.

/At least more companies are opening up to the idea of working from home
//We just started a flex day program which is excellent
///Every other Friday I can scream get off my lawn in person.

#11. The people in the ghettos have less gas money to travel in to the suburbs to steal, rape and pillage.

So the people of Arlington, Mass., were thinking ahead in the 1980s when they blocked a subway extension out of fear of black people from Boston invading their town.

Less incompetent teenage drivers on the road?

Indeed. I submitted a link about that a couple weeks ago.

wow, i didn't think they could actually come up with 10, but those are actually kinda reasonable.

Oh. My. God.

Guys, gas prices are going up, and this can only mean one thing: the American economy will need to adapt to the rapidly changing environment. Things are going to be different, and I don't know if I can cope with that.

//The American economy isn't going to collapse. You might be screwed, but hey- that's life.

SenoritaConsuela:
Actually I cant complain too much. Here in San Antonio I'm only paying about 3.95 per gallon. I know it's just a matter of time before it makes its way up to 4 something.

What the hell difference does a dime make when gas is $4? I'm basically going to be pissed off about gas prices until they get to $2/Gallon or less. Dammit.

Drakin020:Wow I was reading #6 when it showed this picture.

wataf happened there?

The white semi with the white trailer swerved to avoid something (probably an improper merger) and jackknifed his truck across all lanes, requiring everyone to panic stop. Not all panic stops are created equal, so many rear-endings ensued.

Here's the kicker, if you look on the left... all those f*cksticks are a result of gawkers causing the same thing in the opposite direction. They're all in the median after swerving to avoid the pileup of rubberneckers.

I have already seen a reduction in traffic and accidents around here. That means lower insurance, less gas wasted in jams, and less pollution. The article was really optimistic but I can buy the logic behind all the claims. It doesn't say the world is better, it just means that with something so broadly affecting people, there will be some benefits due to a reduction in gluttonous consumption.

Gas is $4 a gallon.
Gas has always been $4.
$4 gas is doubleplusgood.