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To: i-node who wrote (391732)	6/17/2008 12:13:06 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577452

Cramming efficiency standards down the throats of consumers is just waiving our fundamental rights to make choices, and is ultimately counterproductive in that it just "kicks the can down the road". We need to take advantage of this opportunity (higher gas prices) to allow consumers to choose alternatives, rather than to defer the inevitable. If someone WANTS to have a 10mpg SUV, and Detroit wants to continue building them, then so be it. Just as we crammed safety standards down peoples throats... you do it for the good of society. And it works. I'll let them have a 10 MPG SUV, but they have to pay a $5K annual tax to reflect the true cost to society (and that's probably a bargain). And the guy that buys the Prius? He get's that $5K annually for the good he is doing for society. People have choice, but they are also responsible for the ramifications of their actions.