literally the only reason they would lower prices would be demand destruction, which somewhat happened when prices spiked in 2008.
it's where prices are so high on a generally inelastic good that people strategize ways to lower their consumption. fortunately for Americans, our entire media apparatus is dedicated to making us love our cars and our governments would never threaten car dependent development.
so instead we get more people buying hybrids, electrics and taking out huge loans or forking over massive rents to get into those precious few neighborhoods and cities where one might not have to drive very much, relative to the average US citizen.
giving us the poison and denying us the cure so we will take their medicine.
literally the only reason they would lower prices would be demand destruction, which somewhat happened when prices spiked in 2008.
it's where prices are so high on a generally inelastic good that people strategize ways to lower their consumption. fortunately for Americans, our entire media apparatus is dedicated to making us love our cars and our governments would never threaten car dependent development.
so instead we get more people buying hybrids, electrics and taking out huge loans or forking over massive rents to get into those precious few neighborhoods and cities where one might not have to drive very much, relative to the average US citizen.
giving us the poison and denying us the cure so we will take their medicine.