Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling

Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling by gameswithgo on Saturday November 17, 2018 @08:45AM (#18475490)

Increases in car efficiency don't necessarily result in less use of gasoline, often it results in more, due to Jevon's Paradox.

Perhaps EU countries raised gasoline taxes in that period, or people got poorer.

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Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling by lostapathy on Saturday November 17, 2018 @09:14AM (#18475591)

Maybe we passed the limits of Jevon’s paradox? There are practical limits to how much time a person can drive, or how much they can consume. I know I personally passed the point several years ago where I want to spend less time in a car, regadless of price.

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Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling by lozenge on Saturday November 17, 2018 @10:25AM (#18475858)

The main limit in EU countries is the road space. There's very few areas designed to take as many cars as the US.

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Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling by geitir on Saturday November 17, 2018 @09:05AM (#18475564)

Sorry but maybe that holds for a smaller increase of efficiency but I highly doubt that's true for 20%+

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