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Economist: Usakiaban az uzemanyag aranak duplazodasa csupan 5%-kal csokkentene a fogyasztast.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,1578885,00.html

 

It is beginning to look as if he is wrong on all counts. As the Economist magazine pointed out on September 10, "demand for petrol is pretty inelastic in the short term", because people still have to go to work, however much it costs. According to the analyst it cites, "it would take a doubling of petrol prices to reduce American petrol consumption by just 5%".