In OTL, even after the second energy crisis in 1979, a lot of U.S. citizens still went back to bigger cars.
Give me a medium-scale POD or two in which this is different.
Give me a medium-scale POD or two in which this is different.
high gas prices. Really high gas prices. Nothing else is going to do it...
Index the gasoline tax to construction inflation would help. This would put upward pressure on gas prices and send a message that there is a floor on gasoline prices. Used the extra money to avoid the breaking down of the American highway system.
This. The stigma against economy cars is a part of American culture, and nothing short of a oil crisis and/or economic collapse that makes all but the most poverty-spec cars untenable is gonna change that.high gas prices. Really high gas prices. Nothing else is going to do it...
It's curious though, the lack of interest in diesel vehicles, which can handle the above and give better fuel consumption.