Well it looks like a few of us woke on the FAR right
side of the bed this morning. :-)
--- "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com> wrote:
> Sure, yeah, let's tax the heck out of gas (and
> diesel) like other countries
> do. Since just about everything is transported by
> vehicles that burn gas or
> diesel, we can make everything cost more. This would
> be great for the economy!
> And it would have another salient benefit: we could
> carry things on our backs
> instead of transporting them with vehicles that use
> fossil fuels. Not only
> would this give us cleaner air, it would create
> thousands of jobs overnight!
>
> But why stop there? We could also adopt the
> socialist economies of other
> countries, so we can enjoy right here at home the
> benefits of double digit
> inflation and unemployment, without having to travel
> to Europe!
>
> Seriously, consider that gas powered vehicles so far
> outnumber "alternative"
> transportation, that making new gas powered vehicles
> even 1% more efficient
> would lower overall pollution far more than a fleet
> of electric cars ever
> would. When you consider that the millions /
> billions of dollars spent so far
> on electric cars and other "alternative"
> technologies, in the absence of
> government subsidies, would have been spent on
> current gas technology, we
> might have cleaner air today if these programs had
> never been enacted.
>
> In short, as Kevin says, social engineering sucks.
> Not only does it rarely
> (never?) achieve its intended objective, it usually
> exacerbates the very
> problems it was intended to solve, leaving a morass
> for future generations to
> fix.
>
> just my $0.02. P.S. my sarcasm is directed at the
> idea, not at any person.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> Nandaholz@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 09:06
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Cheap Gas?
>
>
> I really think we need to increase gas prices....say
> up to $5 per gallon like
> in other markets around the world. This would have a
> serious impact on the
> amount of single occupancy cars and FUV's on the
> road, and would promote
> alternative transportation like motorcycles and
> smaller hybrid vehicles. Maybe
> more attention would be devoted to telecommuting,
> shifted work schedules etc.
>
> .. just my $0.02
> ~Nanda
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