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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
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A few isolated Americans are, admittedly, calling for sustained high gas prices so that the country can finally kick its oil habit, but it's the same people who were doing it before Katrina -- such as Robert Samuelson in Newsweek:
What this country needs is $4-a-gallon gasoline or, maybe, $5. We don't need it today, but we do need it over the next seven to 10 years via a steadily rising oil tax.
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What a load of horsesh*t  |
What else is going to make people realise that they don't need a car that is, as the Simpsons so beautifully put it: 12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tonnes of American pride?
Higher oil prices cause automotive manufacturers to make more fuel efficient cars. This is why Toyota's hybrid fuel/electric Prius is in such high demand, with 100,000 being shipped to the US this year. The other car companies are scrambling to catch up, and they now expect about 20 new hybrid models to come onto the market by 2007.