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Vince Young wrote:
> 
> Brian W. wrote:
> >
> > > The answer is to increase the taxes on gas by A LOT.
> > > Vince
> >
> > No! That is most definately *NOT* the answer. Each gallon of gas I buy
> > in CA is taxed at apporximately 45 cents to the gallon. Considering that
> > gas is now as high as $1.50 for 87 Octane in some places, I find that
> > this is a key example of OVERTAXATION. What needs to happen is Public
> > transportation needs to be
> >
> >         a> more accessible.
> >         b>more efficient.
> > and     c> safer.
> >
> >
> I agree with you totally about public transport Brian, but I'd not agree
> that gas costs too much. Try driving in England... gas costs about 3
> times the cost in the US.
> 
> Maybe if the price of gas was increased people wouldn't go out and buy
> those 4 by 4 s which have big ebgines. You don't need a car with a 4
> litre engine, it's wasteful. My father in England has never had a car
> over 2 litres and he still can go flying round the motorways at 90 mph
> quite happily.
> 
> I looked at the fuel efficiency rating of a Jeep Grand Cherokee once, 14
> mpg in the city and about 18 on the open road, this is dreadful. We had
> a VW that did 36 mpg. Costs a lot less in gas and is far more efficient.
> 
> Vince

Ah but you see people pick the car best suited to their interests. I
drive a 79' Honda Civic that gets upwards of 40 MPG and I still despise
the fact that I have to pay a buck and a half a gallon. 

A small difference in the gas pricing for here vs. England is that the
US has it's own native supply of crude oil, whereas England has no such
resouces availiable to them (far as I know) which should counter-balance
the price of petroleum-based gas significantly.

Still only costs me $15 for about 350 miles, but when I see the cost of
gas raise by as much as 30% in a month's time, something is wrong. Gas
doesn't get that much more expensive to produce in a month.