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To: Road Walker who wrote (441669)	12/21/2008 4:31:53 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577917

You have to tax and incentivize the energy clients. Nail the folks that drive the stupid SUVs for their true cost to our society. Reward the Prius or Ford Focus driver for being good citizens. But you also want people to conserve......take mass transit in lieu of driving. I am not sure this alone will work.

To: Road Walker who wrote (441669)	12/21/2008 5:57:10 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1577917

"I don't. 50 cents a gallon would do nothing about consumption and just hurt the people who can afford it the least, in their transportation costs and what they pay for everything else" It would be regressive, but I think even our poor can afford it. I just filled up the new minivan I traded in my Nissan Pathfinder for, and gas was a shocking $1.31 a gallon at Costco! I'd also like to see the stuff you advocate, and to have the tax dedicated to alternatives to oil. Such a tax would raise hundreds of billions a year.