Iran president suggests West ain't seen nothing yet in high oil prices

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yep.  

[Sportsdude]

kitten wrote:
I imagine the oil companies couldn't see the point in upgrading if it cut into their profits.  The shareholders would have complained bitterly about poor returns.
       Governments have to make them upgrade. But when one party is controlling the government on all levels and that party is controlled by big business and oil, well nothing will change.  

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but it is not just MPG, it a car culture where everything is paved over forever.

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[Sportsdude]

Yes its a car culture but then all big countries are because they have to be.  I have wished and wished we become some day more like Europe with the high speed trains and small cars that get 50 mpg , and public transportation that rivals London but alas that day is gone.