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Originally Posted by Lurch
I thought this article was poor - fuel efficiency rated top 3 but environmental concerns were 23rd? How are they different - one has real consequences but the other does not. .
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I think the survey - not the article - indicates fuel efficiency decisions are made for economic reasons, not environmental reasons.
In other words, the people answering the survey could have said "environmental reasons" as a motivator but instead said "fuel efficiency," indicating they saw a difference in those two things.
Inflation adjusted, gas is probably, at the moment, roughly the same price it was in the mid-1960's. At $3 a USA gallon, it did seem to be altering purchase plans. Gas is about $2.17 a gallon in America today.
http://www.fintrend.com/inflation/im...tion_chart.htm
Cowperson