Yes, US consumers will be tempted to buy more trucks and bigger cars, drive more miles, and fly to more places. But the creation of this demand will be very gradual, especially given all the leakages in the transmission of lower energy-input costs to consumer fuel prices.
但是，尽管需求将上升，但这并不会立刻对石油价格形成很大影响。诚然，美国消费者会被吸引购买更多卡车和更大的汽车，驾车行驶更大里程，更多地坐飞机出行。但这一需求的创造将十分缓慢，特别是，在能源投入品成本的下降渗透到消费者燃料价格的过程中会有许多“漏出”。