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To: Road Walker who wrote (392394)	6/19/2008 10:04:22 AM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 1578381

Part of incenting efficiency is to incent conversion of existing vehicles as well as new. Are there techologies out there that can do this? IF new vehicle is the only arrow in the quiver, then i quiver. Much about the current oil price has to do with market speculation. Doing what you say starts a gradual change and offshore drilling sends a message as does conservation and alternative energy. Once this message is out there, the oil bubble may burst and with oil down to $70, gas will be $3. Then no one cares again, so at some level we need to keep gas price high but that hurts airlines, truckers, small business, and suburaban and exurban folks unfairly. Someone is going to have be real creative here. Govt can use tax monies derived from keeping oil at $4 if that happens to subsidize the subsidies but i think the groups i mentioned need special relief. How to do?