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**craditc** · 02-03-2006, 01:16 PM

But it's important that we drive gigantic suvs and trucks hauling nothing but our own fat asses.

Lets not consider tomorrow or anything.

As long as we feeeeeeeeeel good and are happy today....

........... fuck tomorrow.

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It looks like the SUV binge of the last decade is on the wane. It really wouldn't take drastic changes to significantly reduce gasoline consumption, which is the single biggest factor in oil consumption.

Until the SUV rage, the US had significantly improved motor vehicle mileage per gallon from 1970s levels. But with SUVs and other light trucks being exempt from CAFE standards, it made good business sense for the automakers to start promoting high profit SUVs. People bit, and bit hard, I think the automakers knew the sales would not rise forever, but the US makers in particular were too slow in coming to that realization, and simply weren't prepared when their big ticket items went bust. Probably an oversimplification.

Hybrid technology may not be the entire answer by any stretch. But it is improving and should eventually be able to make a serious dent in gas consumption.

02-03-2006, 01:16 PM	#13
craditc Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 524 Senior Member	But it's important that we drive gigantic suvs and trucks hauling nothing but our own fat asses. Lets not consider tomorrow or anything. As long as we feeeeeeeeeel good and are happy today.... ........... fuck tomorrow. *** It looks like the SUV binge of the last decade is on the wane. It really wouldn't take drastic changes to significantly reduce gasoline consumption, which is the single biggest factor in oil consumption. Until the SUV rage, the US had significantly improved motor vehicle mileage per gallon from 1970s levels. But with SUVs and other light trucks being exempt from CAFE standards, it made good business sense for the automakers to start promoting high profit SUVs. People bit, and bit hard, I think the automakers knew the sales would not rise forever, but the US makers in particular were too slow in coming to that realization, and simply weren't prepared when their big ticket items went bust. Probably an oversimplification. Hybrid technology may not be the entire answer by any stretch. But it is improving and should eventually be able to make a serious dent in gas consumption.
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