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To: Bill who wrote (5254)	5/4/2006 11:40:30 AM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 14758

i rebated the money to the folks in business and indys who need it. Keeping the price of gas at $3 guarantees some consumption but more importantly it allows alternate energy folks to get in the game without the fear of history repeating itself with oil prices falling and them losing their investements. Many alternate sources of energy will be made more affordable because of incented new tech. And it will be more attractive to drill in higher cost places if the price stays high. The goal is to reduce dependency on our foreign enemies. This is a far more important issue than your objections.

To: Bill who wrote (5254)	5/4/2006 11:55:22 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

....government to collect more money from commuters and for it to cost them a lot more to commute in the hopes that they'll commute less. Makes no sense to most of us, either. However, wonder if that would work in large cities like the Eastern close together cities? Maybe that's the framework he is thinking in.... Or maybe he's suggesting that people go to work and sleep under the desk from M-F, and home on the weekends..... That would cut the number of commute... For cities like LA, or now even Seattle, the distances are very great, and the only way people could commute would be to either change jobs or not to work. Neither are a good alternative. We do need to open our minds to new alternatives....