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Originally Posted by Linkster
The biggest problem that we have in the US right now is that a good percentage of people dont give a shit one way or the other what they are doing to the price of gas by driving their SUVs and other "toys". If they would take time out to "care" (I know - not gonna happen in this apethetic me,me,me society in the US) and stop their whining - they could actually do something about the price - lower the demand.
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While it is absolutely ridiculous for one person to drive a 5000 lb 8MPG SUV as a daily driver in the suburbs, this isn't consumer demand driving up the price of gasoline, at least not the consumers you're seeing at the gas pumps. If it were then gas would have slowly risen in price the past ten years at the same pace as the prevalance of the vehicles you mentioned. It didn't do that though, it spiked suddenly because the market is being manipulated.
I doubt if high gas prices are going to deter many people who are already willing to spend $30k+ on a truck with leather seats for their daily commute.