"Tom Quackenbush" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
Rod Speed wrote:
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The only thing that will do anything much about the consumers
choose fuel efficient cars is to let the price of fuel increase until
the
cost of the fuel has a real impact on consumer's car buying decisions.

That's the real problem, isn't it? People say "I don't mind the low gas
mileage on this thing I drive. I can afford the gas." In fact, they should
be saying "Indirectly, my son died in Iraq to protect the oil supply which
we wouldn't need (someday) if our dicks weren't so wrapped up in the kinds
of cars we drive".

Are you really equating people's choice of poor mileage vehicles
with the deaths of our soldiers?

How do you feel about those of us that choose to live in northen
climes and heat with fossil fuels?

Elsewhere in this thread, you justify your choice of vehicles by
citing your "need" to tow a boat. Must be an awfully nice boat. How
many soldiers lives do you think towing your boat is worth? Is there
the slightest chance at all that other people's needs _might_ be as
important to them as your needs are to you?

You're absolutely right. But, what's been stated in this discussion, both
explicitly and implicitly, is that peoples' needs are not being addressed by
the vehicles being offered. There are various reasons for this, all of which
have been mentioned.