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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Sales of trucks, SUVs surge, with lower gas prices.
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Could we interject a few words on basic human stupidity here? It's similar to the articles I've been seeing recently about how 401k & IRA plans are bad because they create inequality. (E.g.
How 401(k) Plans Have Fueled Inequality in America - Businessweek ) The thesis being the inverse of Aesop's fable about the grasshopper & ant: people who a) contribute to retirement plans, b) don't take everything out & spend it at the first opportunity, and c) don't panic-sell when the market drops, eventually wind up with a nice pile of money, while those who don't, don't. Duh!
Meanwhile, rooftop solar is apparently now at parity with grid electricity in 10 states, and on track for 36 in a couple of years:
Solar cheap