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Gold/Mining/Energy : PEAK OIL - The New Y2K or The Beginning of the Real End? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jurgis Bekepuris who wrote (717)	6/7/2005 11:59:57 AM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1183

I would not go if the fuel was expensive and I could not afford it. That will always be true .. Take a look at Europe and you will see that taxes worked there. Worked in what way to alleviate the problem ?? Is the money being used to wean Europeans off fossil fuels ?? To produce more efficient uses of energy ?? Detroit would not build SUVs if people would not buy them People would not buy them if Detroit didn't build SUVs in the first place .. The only reason we've got them is because the manufacturers exploited a loophole in the previous CAFE standards .. SUVs are 'trucks' and exempt from the fuel efficiency requirements established for 'cars' Triff ..