Through stupidity, greed or a combination of both, they turned it down. Building safer automobiles that run on the fuel supplied by the enormous surplus of crops that go wasted is another matter. The obstacles of government inadequacy and corruption, coupled with media influence, make meaningful change seem as realistic as a visit from the tooth fairy. The same holds true for local and network news. At least it puts the lie to an impending war with Japan, as some feared might ensue from the rivalry of their powerful economy.
Japan is as dependent on oil as Brazil was.
The fact that Honda, Toyota and Nissan have aligned with the United States and Western Europe in using the same jackass engine, albeit it with refined cosmetic design, shows another form of imitation being the sincerest form of flattery. Buying and then driving a car in this rigged, international bazaar where everyone tells lies is almost as bad as paying taxes. Gasoline As great as the duos of Ruth and Gehrig and Laurel and Hardy were, when it comes to evil nothing rivals cars and gasoline, the latter the big gun of the oil industry. When the other Arab countries saw the West do nothing, they followed suit, forming the one single alliance they've maintained through all their hatreds of one another. It didn't matter that shortly afterward, huge discoveries were made in Alaska, Mexico, off the coast of Scotland, besides others, nor that the old Soviet Union, then as now, had untapped reserves second only to the Arabs.