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Old 09-23-2008, 11:03 AM   #544
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Originally Posted by Ronald Pagan View Post
The evidence from Europe over the 90s and 2000s is that higher gas prices have, infact, led to less consumption.
Could it have also been improving technology that contributes to less consumption? I don't think its right to say that higher prices led to less consumption without evaluating other factors at the same time that might have also reduced it, and at what percentage. A 10 to 20 year span can introduce a lot of changes.

You might have a better case if you used the reduction of gas subsidies in China as an example, but I haven't found any consumption numbers pre-and-post decrease.
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