Comments on: The threat of realistic fuel economy numbers http://www.leftlanenews.com/the-threat-of-realistic-fuel-economy-numbers.html Car news, reviews, and specs for the auto-industry Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eric http://www.leftlanenews.com/the-threat-of-realistic-fuel-economy-numbers.html#comment-3007 eric Sun, 05 Feb 2006 02:14:05 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/02/02/the-threat-of-realistic-fuel-economy-numbers/#comment-3007 Conspicuous consumption is the hallmark of our upper-middle- and upper-class, so I'm not sure how being 'conspicuously wasteful' of gas is going to push them to change their ways. I'm not even sure they'll feel guilty. After all, don't they know their own "realistic" milage when they fill up the tank and reset the trip odo? If anything is going to shift consumers away from inefficient vehicles, it's even more inexpensive hybrids or electrics. Conspicuous consumption is the hallmark of our upper-middle- and upper-class, so I’m not sure how being ‘conspicuously wasteful’ of gas is going to push them to change their ways. I’m not even sure they’ll feel guilty. After all, don’t they know their own “realistic” milage when they fill up the tank and reset the trip odo?

If anything is going to shift consumers away from inefficient vehicles, it’s even more inexpensive hybrids or electrics.

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