[linda_22003]

They don't need to lower the price of something that's in demand. I'm starting to agree with another poster (possibly on another gasoline thread) who said that Freepers' grasp of economics wasn't all that solid.

[Alberta's Child]

You've hit on a pathological mindset that affects even people who consider themselves die-hard conservatives. The problem is that people have this idea that everything in this world -- with the exception of their own labor, of course -- should be as cheap as humanly possible.

That's how you end up with the typical case of a medical doctor who calls on government price controls of gasoline because gasoline "costs too much," and a gas station owner who calls for nationalized health care because his medical insurance "costs too much."

[lepton]

They don't need to lower the price of something that's in demand. I'm starting to agree with another poster (possibly on another gasoline thread) who said that Freepers' grasp of economics wasn't all that solid.

...Or their use of "They" is indescriminate. :)

Car companies don't care how much gas we use. Niether the government or the oil companies (directly) determine car prices. All may use the pronoun "They".

[Muzzle_em]

Are hybrids IN demand anywhere other than CA?
I read a few months ago the lawsuits are starting because buyers are not getting the gas mileage they expected from hybrids, NOT EVEN CLOSE.