Americans Drove Less in 2005

antifoidulus writes "CNN is reporting on a study that shows that not only did Americans buy more fuel efficient vehicles in 2005 (although sadly this trend reversed itself in the later half of 2006) but they also drove slightly less on average, according to the article, 'The drop in driving was small — the average American drove 13,657 miles (21,978.8 km) per year in 2005, down from 13,711 miles in 2004.' This is the first drop since the energy crisis of the late 70's. However, although SUV and mini-van sales have been falling, they still represent over half of the private vehicle sales in the United States."

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Waiting for the Republican backlash

[doom]

leenks wrote:

both are Bush repubs by the way,

And they don't mind you publicising that fact on the Internet? I'm British, but I would be horrified if someone published the fact that I'm a closet Blair (and, therefore, Bush) fanatic! I'd end up being killed!

He must not live in the San Francisco Bay area.

The rest of the country isn't quite there yet... give them a few months. By this time next year you're going to see amazing amounts of denial and/or denials on the subject. "Well, of course, I was never really one of those Bush supporters."

Bush is the new Nixon. For generations to come, Republicans will be saying "But he's not as bad as Dubya!"

Re:Too bad

[Professor_UNIX]

Which means more telecommuting and smaller suburbs, something I am okay with on both accounts.

I realize a lot of Slashdot readers are city folks and love the hustle and bustle of overcrowded city life, but many of us prefer the quiet, safe, suburban life. I don't mind driving 5 minutes away to go to the local grocery store or 20 minutes away to get to the massive super-grocery-mart place that has everything else. I don't WANT to live in a 600 square foot box paying $3000 a month in rent with crack whores for neighbors. Why hold so much animosity towards suburbanites? If you choose to live in the city, fine, gas prices shouldn't even really effect you since you're all mindless sheep and take mass transit everywhere, but for the rest of us we deal quite well with supply and demand dictating fuel prices. Leave your socialist agenda at home.