From: Gene McAloon 

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 10:46:07 -0500, Dave  wrote:

>On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 10:13:49 -0500, Gene McAloon
> wrote in message
>:
>
>| Worse yet for that approach, it doesn't work. Europe has had very high gas
>| prices since the '70, equivalent to your $5.00 a gallon price, yet that
hasn't
>| cut into gas use in the slightest.
>
>It has certainly affected the European motoring public, who value fuel
>economy far more than American motorists do.  High fuel prices are
>responsible for the popularity of small cars and diesels over there.

Small cars have been popular in Europe for the last fifty years and even
before WWII. There are many reasons for it, but gas prices were not the
cause since gas
prices rose dramatically only in the '70s.

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