This is good, if all people are using steem for is for steem power and to build enough to make selling for dollars worth while then the price of steem will never hold any real value. The only reason people would get it is to sell it.
So, this is a solid prospect, but the adoption will need to grow for the price to sustain. Just IMO.
I agree we need more real world uses for the coin. Hoping that even if I can get a small group of people within my sphere of influence to start using steem for transactions and holding some they will then do the same expanding the circle of people using it. It only takes a few people asking vendors "do you take steem" for them to look into it.