Will Americans Turn a Little More towards Hybrids?
Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman recently said that consumers can expect to see atleast six more months of high gasoline prices until energy production recovers from the damage of the hurricanes. Even when they return to "pre-Katrina" level prices, the price of gasoline will still be pretty high. People who have SUV's are trying to get rid of them and get a car with better gas mileage and people are not driving as much because of the ridiculous prices of gas. With all of this in mind, do you think that Americans will look more towards hybrids? A lot of people say they will never think of buying one of those and that they will never be the "big" thing. With these gas prices do you think people will start to change their mind and look towards these hybrids knowing that gas prices will be high for a long time?
3 comments:
I think that eventually most of the population will start to buy the hybrid cars, even though they are more expensive I'm sure; the money that we are spending on the high gas prices is about the same as the money we'll spend on the hybrid cars.
I think that people will start to lean towards getting a hybrid car if the gas continues to be this high. But in my opinion, I think that the oil companies will not let the gas prices get that high because they doe not want to lose money. Even if hybrid cars are more expensive than regular cars, they will be cheaper in the long run. But I think that people will be more hesitate on buying SUVs due to the effect that Katrina had on gas prices.
I have been seeing a lot on the news about how people are beginning to sell or get rid of their SUV, because the gas prices are increasing and in some places have reached well over $3. I think we can expect to see this trend continue because the price of gas just isn't worth driving an SUV anymore. I think that hybrids will become the new popular car. People will begin to realize that in the long run, it will save them a lot of gas money. I have begun to see commercials already for hybrid cars, and I think not only will these advertisements continue, they will increase (and in turn, increase their appeal to possible consumers)
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