You know whose hurt by high prices? Poor people. Guess whose not hurt by them? Rich people.

Exactly. Based on this, and based on OP’s other responses, OP is basically saying “I want poor people to suffer so rich people can make more money” (off of new car sales with more efficient engines, or electric).

So my question for them is: is the income divide not great enough? If not, when will it be?

That’s mainly a problem for car-brained people. There are other modes of transportation, you know.

Yeah, in a major metropolitan area.

Trains are cool! There’s like two train tracks that go through town and they only carry freight. There are no passenger trains anywhere around here.

We also have buses. They don’t come within 5 miles of me. Also a non-starter.

I guess it’s cool to hate cars if you live with your parents, but for those of us with bills to pay, we gotta go get that bread. But uh, have fun with your online gaming or whatever. It’s just not sustainable for most of us.

You don’t have good public transit because you and your neighbors have chosen not to vote for it. Maybe that will change when gas is $7 a gallon.