text: "America's love affair with its vehicles seems to be cooling" (Source 4). The United States is one of the top most prosperous countries in the world and the culture revolves around transportation. Americans depend on their cars to help them preform their daily lives. The explaination of the "cooling of vehicles" is a result of unemployment and the recession. Many Americans are "cash-strapped" (Source 4), and cannot afford new cars. If the pattern of car ownership continues to decrease, it will benefit the environment with less pollution and car emissions. But, a negative results for the car industry's.