Regarding the Aug. 2 editorial, “Fewer fill-ups: New fuel-efficiency standards offer long-term hope for drivers,” many moons ago, California had a severe drought. Lawns turned brown, cars stayed dirty and toilets were flushed once a day. The water department was losing money, so they raised their rates due to low usage. When the drought ended, the rates never went down.
Similarly, I see this happening with the oil companies. If we reduce our usage of gas so much that they don’t get their record profits, the price of gas will go up, possibly to $5 a gallon. So we may reduce our oil dependency but we may end up paying for it.
Sam Osaki
Vancouver
