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We can do it now or do it later
Posted by No Snaab (more from No Snaab) on Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:45:32
In Reply to: Go gas prices!!!, Mike Lynch [Profile/Gallery]
, Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:19:49
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Unfortunately later is going to be a lot harder. If gas were $5 or $6 a gallon it would be painful for a lot of people, but they would respond by finding ways to conserve (as in your example). Businesses that are predicated on guzzling gas would falter but other energy efficient businesses would prosper. If there were a federal gasoline tax of, say $2.00 a gallon (and it was used exclusively to reduce income tax--no games) we'd work a lot harder at being efficient, we'd develope alternative energy sources and could conceivably become energy self-sufficient at some point. At what gasoline costs now it's just not going to happen, there's not enough motivation. It's probably a moot point--with the usuage we're starting to see in India and China we'll be seeing $5 or $6 gasoline in a few years. Of course then it'll be a crisis because gee, we couldn't see it coming--duh.
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Posts in this Thread:
- CA SAABers: Double the state gas tax rate?, andym, Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:17:11
- Wait and see what "cap and trade" will bring..., Agent9, Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:40:27
- Go gas prices!!!, Mike Lynch , Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:19:49
- Still not enough.., AlS, Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:12:06
- Re: CA SAABers: Double the state gas tax rate?, EGD , Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:45:01
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