hypermiling? (OT?)

[David Ilvedson]

I don't no where the 300% panic reaction comes from?   The billion dollar buying spree is/was already happening except more efficient cars.   The best thing to happen, in my opinion...a little kick in the pants...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 7/10/2008 9:01:53 PM
Subject: Re: hypermiling? (OT?)




>> It seems like a great concept Holly, and I find it fascinating that $4 a
>> gallon seems to have been some kind of line in the sand or psychological
>> flashpoint. At $3.50 people were still buying gas hogs, and now you can't
>> give a big SUV away.
>> 
>> Kerry Kean

>Interesting, isn't it? A 15% increase in gas price triggers a 
>300% panic reaction, and a billion dollar shopping spree for a 
>more fuel efficient vehicle. It's sort of a forced upgrade by 
>no longer supporting previous versions.

>So who's the architect of the fuel price increase, the oil 
>producers' stockholders, or the auto industry?

>Rhetorical question.
>Ron N