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To: TimF who wrote (229427)4/16/2005 12:24:14 AM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1585174
 
>>>>>>>>I am very suspicious of any claim that the price of something should be higher than the market price.

I understand this, and we may be talking about semantics. I'm not saying, necessarily, that we should be arbitrarily increasing gas prices to get the desired result of getting the alternative fuels snowball rolling.

My point was really more in the vein of allowing the market to control the situation. If you get gas up to $6 or $8 a gallon, those alternatives (fuels, hybrids, etc.) will happen quickly. My remark was not intended to suggest that we should interfere with market processes; to the contrary, it was that the market will take care of the problem when the time comes.



To: TimF who wrote (229427)4/16/2005 4:55:41 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1585174
 
I am very suspicious of any claim that the price of something should be higher than the market price.

I think he is saying that it will take a higher price before people will conserve.

ted


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