Top Car Dealer Says High Gas Prices Are Good for the U.S. Auto Industry
Detroit's big auto makers are slashing jobs, closing factories and undertaking costly revamps of their product strategies to cope with $4 a gallon gas. What's the worst thing that could happen now? Gas could get cheap again, says the man who runs America's biggest auto retailer.
"For once we actually have viable alternatives and exciting technology that are really game changers" in the effort to wean transportation from petroleum, says Mike Jackson, chairman and chief executive officer of AutoNation Inc. "However, if the price of petroleum goes down … it undercuts the viability of new technology."
This guy is basically saying that if oil and gas goes down, then those that have made forays and ventures into alternative energy technologies and other strategies will lose their shirt. So those same people have vested interests in keeping the price up, you would say right?
Who’s really out there wanting that barrel higher?
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