Gen Z considerations – What’s a gas station?

December 14, 2008

Kate and I were driving home the other day and as we approached the stoplight with a 7-Eleven on her side of the truck she asks, “What’s that Daddy? What’s that?” So I went on to explain, in 2-year old terms, what a gas station was and how it works. But I began to think, “Will Kate ever drive a gasoline powered car?” I’m not suggesting ‘Back to the Future 2‘ is her future but could she only ever drive a battery powered or some other clean energy car?

Fifteen years seems like a reasonable amount of time to have vehicles not only with that technology in mass prodution but in extremely affordable forms (Note: she will be driving the Pinto version of those cars you can be sure). There is no doubt the traditional gas station will still be around but will she ever have to deal with them?

Shy Kate

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  • Good thought Dan. When I went to the MIT Media Lab a couple of months ago they talked about the future of transportation and showed me the concepts, in their view, for the future of urban city transportation. Pretty interesting, here's an article discussing it if you're interested:

    http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/MITsma...
  • Brad,

    Interesting, the first thought that went through my head when I read this was whether your daughter will ever own ANY car. More and more I see people in their 20s eschewing cars, and balk at the very idea of having to own one. If that trend continues, things could be pretty different fifteen years from now.
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