Will big cars be taken away from Americans?

[Canon Shooter]

I've got a '69 Dodge Charger with a gas-guzzlin' 383, and it's not goin' anywhere...

 

[surada]

In what sense? The US produces half of what it consumes, and has a reserve, they are no less independent than Russia and Saudi Arabia, which together produce as much as the US consumes. The US has enough of its own gasoline to be the same as the SA and Russia, but the SA and Russia do not even consume what they produce.
This is not their oil, but oil sold in futures

Saudi oil doesn't belong to the Saudis?

 

[rupol2000]

Saudi oil doesn't belong to the Saudis?

Exactly. This is oil sold under contracts.

Russia and Saudi Arabia together consume less than half of the oil consumed in the US.

 

[sealybobo]

America isn't at war at all. President Biden hasn't even instituted a draft or ask for volunteers to go to the Killing Fields of Ukraine.

BTW, both Russia and Saudi Arabia will do fine even if we return to Trumpian energy self-sufficiency.

They can sell product to Europe, Asia and Africa.

Those countries are going green faster than us.

 

[Wyatt earp]

The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones. Zaki Yamani

Of course not, liberals just taxed and regulated stones to death

And then said with a straight face " see stones are expensive"


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[Wyatt earp]

Those countries are going green faster than us.

So move there

 

[surada]

Of course not, liberals just taxed and regulated stones to death

And then said with a straight face " see stones are expensive"


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You have no idea who Zaki Yamani is, do you?

 

[Wyatt earp]

You have no idea who Zaki Yamani is, do you?

What does he have to do with my post?

 

[surada]

What does he have to do with my post?

Doesn't matter.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Doesn't matter.

no kidding you will just tax and regulate that to death too

 

[Turtlesoup]

No. If you want to pay $5 a gallon for gas go for it. Gas is phasing out. Imagine how fucked Russia and Saudi Arabia will be when we don't need them anymore.

You will be driving this soon

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Bwahahahahh....Lord have mercy----

You will never do away with needing petroleum products including oil.

 

[sealybobo]

Bwahahahahh....Lord have mercy----

You will never do away with needing petroleum products including oil.

Not in your lifetime.

Do you think there is a never ending supply of these things?

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

It is clear that the left wants to do this. Firstly, it is a symbol of the right love of Americans for everything big, the Babylonian symbol. Secondly, they yell about greenery.

There are no big cars in left Europe, Russia and China. In the USSR, only top communists had large cars.

Surely the left will keep the big cars for themselves, and the Americans will be given small-capacity shit.

Depends upon your definition of 'car', which is a non-binary argument. Based upon sheer current sales numbers, Americans drive trucks, SUVs and little else. Sedans are nowhere near as popular in the US as they are in Europe, and the reason isn't because Americans are fat, bloated lazy people.or because of a certain political party. It's simply the cost of fuel gives the US far, far more sustenance in choosing an automobile. America comparatively pays a lot less for fuel than other countries allowing Americans to dictate a seemingly endless preference of vehicle types. Europe is smaller, has large populated cities and has always paid more for fuel, hence the popularity of smaller sedans and diesel sedan options. Automobile import/export choices are far more limited. Trying to compare the two is ignorant and futile.

Right now in the US, trucks and SUVs are king. 'Big cars'. are everywhere. The big three US automakers don't even offer sedans in their lineups anymore besides performance cars (Corvette/Camaro/Charger/Challenger/Mustang) because they don't sell. You still see compacts/hybrids/electrics here and there, but they are mostly relegated to cities. It hasn't always been this way, but currently it is sustainable to have a daily driver in the US that gets 20-30 mpg and weighs around 6-7000 lbs. The US automotive market speaks loudly and consumers/automakers follow suit. The US has the unique freedom to drive just about anything and every dang thing in the world on the roads pretty much always. Freedom.

With fuel pricing rising, sustainability will change depending upon it leveling out and once again, consumers/automakers in the US will follow suit by building smaller, fuel efficient vehicles again if consumers want them. But there will always be 'big cars' because people in the US want them and buy them. Europe doesn't really have that level of freedom, and frankly, never did.