themoderatevoice.com - 1/6/2009
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I guess I’m not all that surprised by a surge in SUV sales now that gas prices have dropped. Supply and demand, that’s how it works—or how it’s supposed to work—right? Still, I didn’t think we’d put a hand back on the stove so soon after getting burned. ...
dailypress.com - 12/31/2008
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dailypress.com —
NEWPORT NEWS - It looks like the Highlander
is in and the Prius is out — for
now at least. Trucks and sport utility vehicles will outsell cars for the first time since February, according to a December report by Edmunds.com, which tracks industry ...
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Big is back: As pump prices plunge, SUV sales surge -
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 1/6/2009
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com —
SUV and truck sales surge . Rapier sighs
: If people are going to flock back to
gas guzzlers instead of using their extra pocket money to pay down their debt, then I would rather gas prices go ahead and recover. Based on the trends in vehicle sales, ...
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Gas Tax Now!
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National amnesia
TigerHawk —
If this is not evidence that many Americans are in early-stage Alzheimer's, I don't know what would be. 1 Comments: Possibly, or perhaps there a many people who want to pick up their vehicle of choice before they stop making them forever. My favorite was a 1986 Caprice Classic Station Wagon, which moved my family in comfort and safety for over 10 years with almost zero repairs. It got over 112 passenger miles per gallon! By Anonymous tyree , at ...
Sustainable Energy and You
PoliGazette —
... Even now, after just the briefest of lulls in the storm of recent energy price increases, Americans are beginning to re-embrace their darlings of yesteryear, the gas-guzzling SUV. How quickly we forget. ...
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