Observation

This post is just a brief observation on the post below about Michael Barone's article on demographic changes in the voting public.

I had occasion several weeks ago to travel from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Central Valley very early in the morning .... around 5 a.m. In crossing the Altamont pass, which divides the bay area from the valley, I happened to notice the traffic. In reality, you couldn't not notice it. There was a four lane freeway (I 580) packed as far as the eye could see with cars, commuters, coming from the less expensive valley into the Bay Area to work. At 5 a.m. Who knows at what time this commute begins or ends, but it was a steady stream of thousands of cars. And mind you, this commute would have to be a minimum of one hour and as much as three hours one way. It was amazing to see how cheap petroleum has affected our living and working patterns. It also makes you wonder how long it can continue until/unless we solve the energy problem.