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Point is...
People are not driving less because they want to. They are driving less because they have to - they can't afford the fuel, on top of everything else.
It's really not that deep, and I don't think Andrew (you okay with addressing you by your first name?) is saying it is. Drop the price of a gallon and dollars to donuts, we'll see the Yukon Explorer Mk. II. A certain amount of demand destruction can happen along the way, but barring some extreme shortages that we haven't seen (yet?), we can easily bounce back to a ridiculous consumption if prices drop.