[AT] Gas Prices

[Mike Sloane]

If history from 1974 is any guide, you will begin to see a LOT more 
diesel cars, as long as the price of gasoline stays up. And I suspect 
that the price of diesel will start to fall also, as the refiners see a 
change in demand. The Good News is that, in the 30 years since the last 
"crisis", there have been significant advances in diesel engines for 
automobiles - less noise, less smoke, less smell, more power, etc. I 
think this time they are here to stay. (I can recall those poor little 
VW Rabbits that could barely make it up a hill and those awful GM V-8s 
that were converted from gas engines?) Remember that, while US buyers 
were committed to gasoline for the last 20 years, all over the rest of 
the world, diesels had at least half of the market. So it won't take 
much for the manufacturers to bring out diesel versions of current 
models very quickly.

Mike

Rob Gray wrote:

> you hardly notice when you get around 50 MPG range. Darn, I can't say 
> enough about driving a diesel car... Too bad more manufacturers don't 
> make them.....
> 
> Rob Gray

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aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily; and why older 
persons, especially if vain or important, cannot learn at all. -Thomas 
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