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Old 06-09-2010, 07:58 AM  
BlackCrayon
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Originally Posted by roly View Post
you're missing the point you don't have to stop driving cars in america, but instead of buying something with a 5L engine how about something with a 1.8L engine. that's what most people are doing in the rest of the first world. we still enjoy the same quality of life as americans, but we drive more ecconomical cars etc.

the american government should ramp up taxes on gasoline in the states, its the only way to control demand. its not popular but people won't make changes off their own backs.
Its a stupid stereotype that all americans drive big cars. The biggest sellers here are honda, toyota, etc. All economic cars. In rural areas you have more trucks sure but farms can't exactly hull stuff in a honda civic.
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