The comparison with people dying for shortage of bread is a bit exaggerated (it was not my own btw) but it makes very clear what you are actually talking about when claiming (correctly!) that the price mechanism will take care of shortages.
(I worked for a multinational for a while, for a small enterprise and in education. By incident I drive a car that is rather big and because of its age not very efficient in my view. It takes a litre for a little over 13 km, so that is about 30 miles a gallon )
If you are an Xurban idiot commuting 75 miles one way to town for your job, you will be screwed. That it, until you move back to town or get the job moved to Xurbia. Or ride the bus.....
