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Actually its a cycle. The cost of gas goes up, and people scramble to get more fuel efficient cars. Gas does down and they want larger utility vehicles. Toyot
by at-fates-hands 8y ago
Actually its a cycle.
The cost of gas goes up, and people scramble to get more fuel efficient cars. Gas does down and they want larger utility vehicles.
Toyota made out like crazy when gas prices went through the roof in the early 2000's. They were already manufacturing the Prius and once gas prices went over $3-$4/gallon, people suddenly started buying motorcycles, started biking more and started buying Prius' in droves.
Now that gas has stabilized for the most part to around $2.20/gallon, you're seeing more people not really care either way and I have friends who have sold their Prius' to get more snow friendly vehicles like a Subaru or a Toyota AWD SUV.
Their decisions are based nothing on social concerns, it's all about how expensive it is to own the cars they currently have. Make fuel expensive and its painful to own a large SUV and they'll switch. When fuel is cheap and they're going to buy whatever suit their needs.
- magduf 8y agoYep, and in a democratic nation, anyone who tries to add high taxes causing their large cars to be much more expensive to own and operate will be voted out, so the only thing that can really stop them is when the price of fuel is forced up by sheer lack of supply.
- bryanlarsen 8y agoLack of supply is not sufficient to raise the price enough. To keep climate change below a 2 degree rise, we must leave 4/5ths of our current oil reserves in the ground. And not only that, once oil reaches ~$80 / bbl, vast amounts of tar sands become viable, increasing our oil reserves massively.
- magduf 8y agoSo I guess that means that they won't be stopped until some other external force I didn't account for stops them.