red_johnny wrote:
We can talk all we want about SUVs with one person in them but lets think for a moment, we drive corvettes with only 2 seats. Yeah SUVs suck gas but so do the vettes, not as much though.

DaleD wrote:
I'm actually torn on this one, believe it or not.
If the price of gas drops soon, people will go back to their SUVs. I have nothing against SUVs, but having the roads clogged with SUVs with one occupant isn't the way to reduce demand.
However, if the price of gas doesn't drop soon, a lot of people will be seriously hurt financially.

My fondest wish is that when oil does shift in price, it does it quick enough so that speculators lose their collective a$$.

DaleD wrote:
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red_johnny wrote:
We can talk all we want about SUVs with one person in them but lets think for a moment, we drive corvettes with only 2 seats. Yeah SUVs suck gas but so do the vettes, not as much though.

You haven't seen me whine a lot about the price of gas. I know I'm driving a Corvette by choice. So, I pay the price. But I only put about 3k miles on it a year. If I had serious driving to do, I'd be driving a Civic, or some other such small car.

DaleD wrote:

You haven't seen me whine a lot about the price of gas. I know I'm driving a Corvette by choice. So, I pay the price. But I only put about 3k miles on it a year. If I had serious driving to do, I'd be driving a Civic, or some other such small car.

runner140 wrote:

On energy but a different subject, Exxon/Mobil in the next hour (stockholder meeting)is going to have its ass kicked by stockholders and the Rockefeller family. It should be interesting and entertaining.

Touringmike wrote:
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runner140 wrote:

On energy but a different subject, Exxon/Mobil in the next hour (stockholder meeting)is going to have its ass kicked by stockholders and the Rockefeller family. It should be interesting and entertaining.

Why?

Aren't the profits (Billions in the last quarter) High Enough?


Watching the Congressional hearings on the excessive profit making by E/M, the CEO says "We're re-investing the profits"

Where?

They certainly aren't building any new refineries (Which is a catch 22 thing, you know, not in my back yard, but make more product)

bogus wrote:
I don't like folks comparing a modern Vette to an SUV. It just doesn't match up.

The best a full sized SUV will get is 20 on the highway, my 92 gets 25, at least. That's 25% better, the last time I checked.

And with all other cars getting more power and weight, 25 isn't bad.

I remember a few years back when we had a price rise on gas, I was at the pumps and this lady was bitching that it cost $40 for her to fill her Navigator... I simply suggested she should have taken that into consideration when buying. It didn't go over very well. One little woman driving 6k pounds of luxury SUV. It made so little sense.

And I think that's what bothers me. The Vette does get (all things being equal, carbed 383s don't count ) better mileage and doesn't take up the same amt of highway space.