主题：美国能源自给率提高，福兮？祸兮？ -- 酱油群众

1. Americans will switch back to their large SUVs again.

Reasons are simple: Americans are big and Japanese cars tend to be small; Americans love to drive, with cars of large power.

2. 美国因为经济危机，老百姓的消费能力下降而已。

--So many people lost jobs. My friends back in California told me that right now I-5 is quite smooth without much traffic jam.

back in 2001-2006, I-5 traffic jam was daily life.

Men and women stay at home or work from home--less commuting need.

44.8%还是不低呀！

--when economic growth is back in States or manufacturing industries are back, we will see this number jump soon.

BTW, I will never question the abundance of natural gas in States. But America will need foreign oil forever. That's pretty sure.