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The Connection Between Gas Prices and Car Choice, Explained

Posted by: Irvin Dawid
Thanks to: Mike Keenly
7 June 2008 - 1:00pm

The cartoon strip 'This Modern World' looks at how gas prices have influenced motorists' selection of motor vehicles in the United States - from the 1970's to 'five minutes from now'.

Is motor vehicle selection influenced by gas prices? Tom Tomorrow, illustrator of "This Modern World", detects a pattern since the first oil spikes of the 1970s, but signals a cautionary note should today's high prices end, even momentarily.

Full Story: A brief history of gasoline consumption in America.
Source: Salon.com, June 1, 2008
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