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i read in a newspaper that in 1990 only 40 percent of the new cars and trucks sold in America had V-8 engines, in 2002 over 52 percent of the new cars and trucks sold had V-8 engines.... Obviously the price of gasoline has not gone up enough..... We are buying bigger cars and trucks, not to mention buying bigger houses, at the very same time we have reached peak production of petroleum worldwide....As far as America is concerned, we now pump half the oil we did 30 years ago and consume twice as much.... Peak oil, I suggest all of us do a google search on this term.... The Europeans and the Asians are far ahead of us in conserving energy.... Americans act as if oil grew on trees.... The reason gas prices are higher even before summer is that we have reached peak oil, consuming more than we can produce.... supply and demand in the future will only get worst.... Keep in mind there hasn't been a new refinery built in American in 30 years.... Ever wonder why there hasn't been any built, especially in a free market system? Even if the world pumped more oil, we don't have the capacity to refine more..... Cheap gas is a thing of the past, with the free market alone, expect gas prices to reach $5 a gallon in five years, if not more. As long as there is a shortage of gas at the pumps, the price will increase more and more as the shortage gets larger.... I drive a VW Cabrio, a 2 liter 4 cyclinder car which gets around 30 mph highway. I wished VW offered the Cabrio in its 1.9 liter turbo diesel which gets over 45 mpg highway. I have almost paid off the Cabrio and am looking at a Golf or Jetta with the 1.9 liter turbo diesel as my next car... However, I wished VW sold the Lupo in America, it gets over 60 mph.... Is this the next newest SUV to hit America: [img]http://homepage.mac.com/donclark/.Public/futuresuv.jpg[/img]
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