Originally Posted By: moving2
Originally Posted By: grampi
All true, but in the example I gave where everyone who owns a pickup started driving a compact car, it would literally take the oil industry years to figure out what to do with all of the excess production, and in the meantime, prices would have to go down...
The example you gave is not practical unless you have data showing what percentage of pickup owners "really need" a pickup, what percentage use them to haul their families around, etc. Just because you're not driving a pickup doesn't mean you can drive a compact car instead- many buyers will need a people mover like a minivan (not great gas mileage), or want a large car or even a sports car or an SUV. The fact you are picking on trucks (and not large cars, sports cars, minivans, etc.) only shows your bias here.
Okay, how about any vehicle that gets less than 20 MPG? Don't get wound up too tight, my example was purely a hypothetical situation that will obviously never happen...just trying to make a point...
Originally Posted By: grampi
All true, but in the example I gave where everyone who owns a pickup started driving a compact car, it would literally take the oil industry years to figure out what to do with all of the excess production, and in the meantime, prices would have to go down...
The example you gave is not practical unless you have data showing what percentage of pickup owners "really need" a pickup, what percentage use them to haul their families around, etc. Just because you're not driving a pickup doesn't mean you can drive a compact car instead- many buyers will need a people mover like a minivan (not great gas mileage), or want a large car or even a sports car or an SUV. The fact you are picking on trucks (and not large cars, sports cars, minivans, etc.) only shows your bias here.
Okay, how about any vehicle that gets less than 20 MPG? Don't get wound up too tight, my example was purely a hypothetical situation that will obviously never happen...just trying to make a point...