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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 836068" data-attributes="member: 2189">Could higher fuel prices be a way to nudge people to buy a new car?&nbsp; Depending on one&#039;s current model with it&#039;s fuel mileage, compare that to a new car with it&#039;s better mileage, the fuel savings may go a long way into paying some or a large part of the new car payment.&nbsp; Thus borrowing (banks, credit companies), purchase of a new car (hopefully from GM or Chrysler eg bailout motors) would act as an economic stimulator in the friend.I.R.E. and manufacturing sectors of business.&nbsp; However the economic downside is you do purchase less fuel (disadvantage to local distributors) but also in the case of older vehicles, you are not purchasing the repairs that come with older cars so the local auto repair shops and Auto Parts Stores could suffer economic loss.&nbsp; It does come down to best allocation of resources but are our choices being forced by non natural market forces eg manipulation?&nbsp; While we live in a planned economy and where transparency of all gov&#039;t purposes are so lacking, it does give one to ponder if gas prices are high because of true economic forces or if there is a multiplicity of benefactors at work here that we can&#039;t or aren&#039;t allowed to see?If you think such nefarious wheeling and dealing by car makers and public policy makers is beyond the pale, YouTube &quot;Taken For A Ride&quot; and then consider that thought again!<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/peaceful.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":peaceful:" title="Peaceful&nbsp; &nbsp; :peaceful:" data-shortname=":peaceful:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 836068, member: 2189"] Could higher fuel prices be a way to nudge people to buy a new car? Depending on one's current model with it's fuel mileage, compare that to a new car with it's better mileage, the fuel savings may go a long way into paying some or a large part of the new car payment. Thus borrowing (banks, credit companies), purchase of a new car (hopefully from GM or Chrysler eg bailout motors) would act as an economic stimulator in the friend.I.R.E. and manufacturing sectors of business. However the economic downside is you do purchase less fuel (disadvantage to local distributors) but also in the case of older vehicles, you are not purchasing the repairs that come with older cars so the local auto repair shops and Auto Parts Stores could suffer economic loss. It does come down to best allocation of resources but are our choices being forced by non natural market forces eg manipulation? While we live in a planned economy and where transparency of all gov't purposes are so lacking, it does give one to ponder if gas prices are high because of true economic forces or if there is a multiplicity of benefactors at work here that we can't or aren't allowed to see? If you think such nefarious wheeling and dealing by car makers and public policy makers is beyond the pale, YouTube "Taken For A Ride" and then consider that thought again! :peaceful: [/QUOTE]

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