Amy Scott
speaker
372 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 19 Mar
Amy Scott’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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He opens up Google Maps on his phone and shows me prices at stations nearby.
I stare at his phone, then look up at the huge neon green sign showing today's rates.
I can't think of a single other price so prominently displayed.
Plus, says Scott Rick, a marketing professor at the University of Michigan, there's the screen on the actual pump.
Also, Rick says, there's just no way to hide a rising price.
Shell and Exxon can't make gas seem cheaper the way, say, a potato chip maker can by putting fewer chips in the bag.
Sure, you can go electric or get a smaller car, or you can just try to drive less.
But that's not as simple as other budgeting tradeoffs, like buying chicken thigh instead of chicken breast.
Rick says when gas prices go up, people feel a bit powerless.
Like go to work.
Peter Norton is the author of Fighting Traffic, the Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City.
He says Americans are increasingly living farther away from their jobs.
Not only have commutes gotten longer, people are driving bigger cars.
Americans like SUVs and pickup trucks.
We invented the drive-in and the drive-through.
Musicians write songs about pickup trucks and Corvettes.
I mean, there is a trend where Jeep owners leave little rubber ducks on other people's Jeeps as a sign of mutual appreciation.
Driving is freedom.
Open road, windows down, music up, wind in your hair.
At least when gas prices are low.
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