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Originally Posted by testpie
I understand that you are one of the top oil producing nations in the world, but I'm just saying that what has happened to your fuel prices should be no great surprise - if it can happen over the pond so easily (our fuel prices admittedly haven't quite doubled, but they are pretty much there from a few years ago) surely some of you must have seen it coming? Also, I agree with kievdesign's point that most cars in America seem to be on the gas guzzling size, whereas over here we have adapted to our government shafting us left right and center for fuel by demanding more efficient engines so that we can get more out of the fuel we use; is that even happening over there? Every other advert I seem to here on American net radio channels seems to be about the horsepower and so on of your engines: I can't once remember hearing anything along the lines of "more efficient", "miles per gallon" or "more economical".
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Who said it was any great surprise? Bitching does not have to mean people are surprised.
Bitching can sometimes mean that people just don't like the price of something.
And yes, is that even happening over here?... yes, it is. In fact it's been in the news quite frequently of late, people losing money on their SUV's left and right, people trading them in and getting much less than they thought, and buying smaller more economical vehicles. The wave has started. Bus ridership is up lately and I suspect it's going to keep rising, thus eventually the demand for gas is going to go down, way down in fact. People will simply drive less, drive smarter, and bus it more.
The oil companies are doing themselves no favors by continually upping their prices. The higher they raise th e price the less gas they're going to sell, period.