i apologize..we have the memory of a fruit fly...

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SUV sales regaining strength in the U.S.

 

Showing characteristic signs of short-term memory loss, the American public is

apparently renewing its love affair with the SUV. When gas prices spiked to over

$3 a gallon following Hurricane Katrina, demand for hybrids was in the headlines

and chatter about fuel-efficiency standards was all the rage. Now gas prices in

the U.S. have fallen to an average of $2.38 a gallon, and Americans on a

cheap-gas buzz are making booty calls to SUVs. Prices for used SUVs have started

to rise in recent weeks, after plummeting for most of the year. And a recent

survey of new-car shoppers found that 20 percent are looking at buying an SUV,

up from 14 percent during the first 10 days of September. Nearly a third of

these folks are considering the biggest SUVs on the market. Have some

self-respect, people.

 

 

straight to the source: The Wall Street Journal, Karen Lundegaard, 11 Nov 2005

 

" Just as nightfall does not come at once, neither

does oppression. In both instances there is a twilight. And it is in such

twilight

that we all must be aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become

unwilling victims of the darkness. "

William O. Douglas