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To: Keith J who wrote (93499)11/13/2007 6:27:50 PM
From: Tommaso  Respond to of 206093
 
If you keep on talking sense like that, Homeland Security will come after you.



To: Keith J who wrote (93499)11/13/2007 10:05:06 PM
From: ChanceIs  Respond to of 206093
 
>>>4) could provide a dedicated source of funding for development and implementation of energy alternatives.<<<

JD Rockefeller used to pour gasoline into the local creeks near his kerosene refineries in Pennsylvania and Ohio. After a while somebody figured out that the gasoline had some value, and that it was a good idea to not have the creeks catch fire every so often.

Let the energy alternatives fund themselves. The market mechanism will have its way.

Fix the local roads? Have a local gasoline tax. Sure that will work. Want to not break the roads?? Apply a mass-mile fee on the SUVs.

Fix the federal raods?? Have a federal gasoline tax. No problem. I think we already do that.

Gasoline tax into general revenues!?!?!?! Not if I am running the show.



To: Keith J who wrote (93499)11/13/2007 10:17:42 PM
From: tom pope  Respond to of 206093
 
If ever there was a third rail in the U.S. political scene, a gasoline tax is it.

Wouldn't it be nice if all the politicians in Washington got together and said - people, we have a real problem, one that demands we not try for once to take political advantage of each other - and that problem - gasoline consumption - can actually be solved if we are willing to bite the bullet?

Dream on. Cheap gasoline is a birthright.