Do people want more fuel efficient cars because of global warming, or because of the price of gasoline?

Most of the demand for hybrid/alternative fuel vehicles is (was) driven by high oil prices. Personally I would still buy one even at $1/gallon, but I am: 1) an environmentalist 2) against supporting OPEC for obvious reasons 3) concerned that oil is a finite resource and will soon be depleted.

As for poor people, they often don't have much of a choice when it comes to what they buy. They will buy whatever is available to them within their means.

You'll remember a few months back in the $4/gallon times, they did a lot of interviews on people who literally had to choose every week between filling up their tanks or buying groceries. People in such situations can't exactly afford the down payment on a new Prius.

Look I agree that we need to be good stewards, but think about this...

Two hundred years of records are worth more than millions of years of KNOWN dramatic environmental fluctuation (from ice covering most of the world to almost no ice anywhere). Does that seem logical to you? How can we pin "Global Warming" on humans when its been happening to the Earth long before we were putting industrial CO2 into the atmosphere? How do you explain those millions of years of extreme fluctuations, other that many different natural factors such as increased sun activity and sun spots?

Whether or not the warming is happening, how can we say that we know that it shouldn't happen or that we even know the "proper" temperature of the globe?

To think we know what it IS supposed to be IS arrogance. Some of us need to stop thinking ourselves gods and realize we are just very small simple humans on a very small world compared to the rest of the universe.

I think that what this is mainly about is that the inconvenience of having to change adapt to something different. So instead of figuring out how to best use such a situation, certain of us choose to complain about this inconvenience, because it does not suit them.

LOGIC

I wouldn't want a battery-operated vehicle unless/until they are as efficient as gas vehicles in terms of power, reliability, safety and comfort. It would be nice to abandon OPEC once and for all, but not til electric cars are comparable to what we have now. As it is I drove less when the price of gas was high but now that it's gotten cheaper I can afford to drive more. It isn't about the environment, it's about $$.

Well, the question isn't really relevent right now. Gas is at an all time low in price, at least it is, in the united states. At least it is where I am. $1.50 a gallon, it hasn't been that low since before 2001.

But you have to think, how is electricity made? Coal run power plants, it would still cause pollution.

I am an environmentalist so I would/do drive one for global warming but mostly because the gas is running out and I think we will all be in trouble if we don't delay the consumption of oil until we find an alternative.

I think most people only care about price though. That is why they drove SUVs until the day gas hit the mid $3.

the project is that the oil companies havnt raised costs in accordance with furnish and insist, call for has not often fallen, yet gasoline costs are nevertheless up, they raised gasoline costs to make better earnings and force up the equilibrium. for the period of the transition to extra powerful autos, they make the biggest earnings via having subsidiary companies in contact in being the source of gasoline for those next era autos, yet additionally look after costs as intense as accessible to maximise earnings on oil whilst they nevertheless can, rather they wouldnt choose to leave out out on making an further penny whilst nevertheless driving up the equilibrium which wont count to the destiny client because of the fact automobiles will require much less fossil gasoline. So no, there is not any purpose on the element of the oil companies to supply a rattling approximately worldwide warming, no longer everybody could have the money for brand spanking new gasoline powerful autos, or maybe then why spend 30,000 on a clean automobile because of the fact the oil companies choose to maximise earnings whilst not often affecting call for sufficient to truly make any distinction on carbon emissions. possibly we are in a position to persuade politics to start regulating companies, somewhat of harassing Gore, its in comparison to hes the only one doing it. you may in basic terms substitute worldwide warming via promptly hurting oil coporations, it is going to in no way ensue because of the fact money is ability, and that they have got all of it.

Both but even if there was no global warming the answer would really be price.

because of price.

I want a muti-fuel engine and I want congress to stop telling us what to put in our cars.

Global warming is the biggest hoax of the 21st century perpetuated by neo-communists to re-engineer society and redistribute wealth.

I'd say more buy it because of their thoughts on global warming! Saving gas is a benifet to those kind of people.

Plus some of those cars cost heaps of money!(sure i know it'll pay itself off later but common every peice of green technology basically says that)

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