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To: Neocon who wrote (153164)	12/2/2004 4:14:49 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

> I live in Bethesda, MD. I don't know about elsewhere, but a lot has happened in the last thirty years to reduce consumption. < Overall, there are not enough Bethesda MD. The % of oil going to transportation has not been decreasing. oilcrisis.com I have better charts that show this; happened to note this chart from a California state study in 2000. Ironically, the SUV wave was sparked by higher efficiency standards in conventional cars, which affected size and the perception of safety. The SUV came out at a time of relative prosperity, rising incomes and relatively steady and cheap fuel costs. It was largely a marketing driven phenomona. It fit a niche and caught hold, first with singles and affluent mail principle drivers, and then suddenly instead of mini-vans, affluent families, were buying SUVs instead. Safety was a marketing angle, fully exploited. As for whether we are doing badly or not - if consumption outpaces the ability to replace declining domestic resources and foreign supplies are not able to keep pace, we will be feeling very bad indeed.