Another go along with the crowd, gas cap hating person
But really ... I would like to know exactly WTF happened that caused the gas prices to go up to post-Katrina levels in the past month or so. C-B-S news has suggested that along with supply fears due to turmoil in oil producing countries ... oh so now, It's the gas futures speculators! They allegedly add 1/3 to the price of a barrel of crude, due to options and forwards on the future price of gasoline going into the "american driving season" and the "heating season" later in the year
Okay, so all that being said, coupled with the recent reports that hybrids "financially do not pay off" for the additional dollars on their sticker price, over the useful life of the car. I have this very simple observation.
It really all does not matter, when everyone grumbles about it ... BUT STILL BUYS IT / THEMS VEHICLES / LARGELY IS IN ECONOMIC TERMS "INDIFFERENT" TO HIGH PRICING. Car owner and buyer behavior has not changed -- and foreseeably will not change because people are still commuting in their full size trucks, suvs, neo-oversized American sedans -- recent public mass transit projects are NOT paying off as intended (see, monorail in LV, among other examples) ... as far as I can tell
Gas prices, caps, etc ... really now ... IS NOT NEWS, nor are jackasses with large vehicles grumbling at the pump during candid interviews. If the news purpose was, what makes Americans think that owning a large vehicle with high gas prices economically add up? --- you know, I would actually watch that news story
Moreover, if people actually started to care about what this all means, that would be news
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I find it so funny when I see these commercials for these huge ass trucks with cash incentives. I just wonder what these people NEED such a large vehicle for?
Down my street, the local blahlahs all have huge SUV's and trucks. Not one of them is a small car.
Granted the Prius may cost more but let me tell ya when you're only paying for it monthly and then only going to the gas station every 2.5 weeks... i'm laughing all the way to the bank because I'm saving a lot of time not waiting in line at costco simply because I don't have to.
I really don't feel any compassion or pity for the guys in the huge Hummer staring at me while I pump my Prius up with gas.
I just have this to say: Next time you are in traffic (which is everyday now including Saturday and Sunday) take a look at how many people are in that vehicle next to you. Chances are there are just one. This alone tells me that Mass transit won't work.