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Old 06-10-2008, 12:11 PM   #30
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News about any auto manufacturer discontinuing large trucks and SUV's, because of high gas prices is always good news. There will be less of those monstrosities on the road and in the parking lots, giving automobile and motorcycle drivers more space, more safety, and better vision. We'll also see a further drop in gasoline demand at least here in the United States.
... and (hopefully) a drop in a demand for fuel will cause Big Oil to lower retail costs of gas (i.e. stop gouging us) or (GULP!) build a refinery in N America (or rebuild the one in Texas that went down in Katrina) so that they can actually lower their production costs by reducing dependence on foreign refineries or by lowering product transportation costs.
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