Observation: people seem to have dumped SUVs for fuel-efficient cars in Maine [View all]
This spring, I noticed something...
There are a LOT of Priuses on the road here in Maine. Not just one or two here and there, but everywhere.
And even more new Jettas, Focuses, Fits, Versas, Cruzes, Corrollas, Yarises etc.
Granted there are still lots of full-sized pickups on the road (this is Maine after all 
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but I don't see a lot of Suburban/Explorer-type SUVs or old-school minivans.
In these parts anyway, people appear to have come to grips with chronically high gas prices and did something about it.
Just like they did something about high heating oil prices - a whopping 45% reduction in consumption since 2005...
http://www.kjonline.com/news/maine-heating-oil-use-down-to-lowest-level-in-more-than-two-decades_2012-09-12.html?pagenum=full
Whilst I don't think we'll see such a dramatic reduction in gasoline consumption, my drive-by observations suggest there is something afoot that may stabilize or significantly reduce gasoline consumption in Maine.
Demand destruction is a good thing.
Yup
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