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Article #8705Re: Consumers: This greed may spread across the USA
From: Michael Lodman
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 17:33
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 17:33
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Andrew wrote: > > I imagine if we raise rates enough, more people will conserve. At the > moment, only the most frugal consider conserving energy. If gas cost $15 a > gallon (so that a SUV cost $1 a gallon to drive), so you think more people > would buy a Prius that then would cost $0.33 a mile and would save most > people (driving 12k miles) $8,000 a year? At only $1.50 a gallon, you only > save $800 a year with such a car. This argument only has validity if autos are considered to be only transportation. Clearly for most, this is not the case. They have value to the user beyond simply the moving from place to place.
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