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Posted by GG on May 26, 2004 at 20:43:07 from (68.62.175.199):
In Reply to: NOT the LAST WORD on GAS PRICES posted by TomR Ont. on May 26, 2004 at 19:53:26:
We Americans will adjust. We will make other sacrifices to continue our lifestyle of driving the bigger vehicles. Why do auto manufacturers make bigger vehicles? Because that is what America wants and will buy. Look at an eighties model Nissan-Toyota-Mazda, car or truck, and compare it with what is made today. Much bigger and less fuel effecient. We will not ride bicycles or ride motorcycles because we have never had to in the past, other countries have and do. The best thing to do is stop and think before you take that unnecessary trip. Combine trips and you will use less fuel. We are trying to outsmart and fight BIG BUSINESS and we do not have weapons, other then what I, and a few others, have mentioned. I don't like it but there is little I can do.
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