I just spotted a television ad for a new American-built station wagon, with the tag line, "Instead of making it bigger, let's make it safer." Then the ad showed station-wagon owner hanging up the gas pump nozzle and smiling at what she spent compared to the lady with the giant truck next to her. Is this a sign that American consumer tastes are shifting in regards to automobiles? Only time will tell.
I just had to share this in response to Colonel Nikolai's comment on my blog a couple of weeks ago regarding the safety of smaller cars.
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Well if it is, the tastes are changing slowly if at all. Gas prices are going to drop this year over last because OPEC has increased production. I predict this increase will be short-lived, and in a few years at most we'll be staring down the barrel of $100 for crude, pun intended.
ReplyDeleteIf change is the only true evidence of life, then as a society it seems we are approaching death, on more than one level. Let us hope that I am wrong.
"Change is constant, growth is optional."
ReplyDelete- Stolen from a co-worker's bulletin board at Hennepin County Medical Center.
This quote shows great optimism from a county employee. Even negative change, like increasing oil prices, has the possibility to spur positive growth in the economy for developing new energy sources.