[Graeme]

Visions of an Energy-Starved World

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')HRISTOPHER STEINER was once the happy driver of a sport utility vehicle. Mr. Steiner, the author of “$20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better,” makes this confession early in his book: “I drove an old Toyota 4Runner all over the country for a decade — running the odometer past 240,000 miles — and I loved it.”

Therefore, he is far from gleeful when he describes how many S.U.V. owners decided to ditch their beloved big cars when gasoline hit $4 a gallon in 2008. Then, of course, gas prices returned to more affordable levels. Did those owners act too hastily?

No, says Mr. Steiner, a staff writer at Forbes and a civil engineer. We could all end up forsaking our fossil-fuel vehicles in the near future, he says, because of what he calls the dwindling supply and burgeoning demand for gasoline. He says that “Texas- and Saudi Arabia-style gushers” are a thing of the past, and he points to the booming economies of countries like India and China, which will enable hundreds of millions of new drivers to hit the highways.

[Southpaw]

believe me as long you american 300 pound porkers keep eating all that junk food the only cars that can handle your weight will be s.u.v.'s and hummers

just making an observation that's all
truth needs to be told

[blukatzen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Southpaw', 'b')elieve me as long you american 300 pound porkers keep eating all that junk food the only cars that can handle your weight will be s.u.v.'s and hummers

just making an observation that's all
truth needs to be told

[lateStarter]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('blukatzen', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Southpaw', 'b')elieve me as long you american 300 pound porkers keep eating all that junk food the only cars that can handle your weight will be s.u.v.'s and hummers

just making an observation that's all
truth needs to be told

[blukatzen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lateStarter', 'B')lu, if everyone was driving Rabbits (or something similar) wouldn't 'safety' be a non-issue? Wouldn't reducing the national speed limit to 55mph max also contribute to 'safety'? Why does someone need a 5,7L engine to haul a gallon of milk? Why does anyone need a car capable of driving 150+ mph?

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Southpaw', 'b')elieve me as long you american 300 pound porkers keep eating all that junk food the only cars that can handle your weight will be s.u.v.'s and hummers

just making an observation that's all
truth needs to be told

[AlexdeLarge]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Southpaw', 'b')elieve me as long you american 300 pound porkers keep eating all that junk food the only cars that can handle your weight will be s.u.v.'s and hummers. just making an observation that's all . truth needs to be told