Our country is spoiled. We’ve been paying <$2/gallon for our entire lives. Thus people do things that the rest of the world can’t dream of, like live 30 miles from work and drive a 4000 pound vehicle there. Then when gas gets more expensive, although way cheaper than it is in most of the world, that becomes economically difficult we panic while the rest of the world goes “yeah no shit sherlock.”
I spent a couple of weeks in Uruguay in the summer of 2006. Gas was around $6/gallon and the country isn’t quite third world, but close. Not rich. Guess what, everyone drives small cars. I saw a VW Bora (Jetta) on the road and it stuck out like a sore thumb because it was so big.
But heaven forbid we sacrifice…
Says the guy who drives a 4500 pound 260hp SUV to work. :fail: At least I live close. 