johnrhansen
Well-known member
I suppose it would be interesting to note history. I remember when I was a kid in 1974 during the Arab oil embargo. Suddenly small cars became FAR more popular, and remained so for quite some time... but eventually, big gas guzzlers came back! I can imagine that if a similar situation happened today it would play out about the same. The shock would move people towards the most efficient forms of transportation, which in my mind are electric vehicles. Now if that jump start could improve electric vehicle technology so they could compete with ICE powered vehicles in ways other than efficiency, they could become mainstream, provided they don't cost any more than an ICE car initially. The masses have shown over and over that what something costs over the long run really doesn't matter to them.