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In article <4qc31u$6qn@trog.me>, mlbohn@mtu.edu (ekim) writes:

|> add me to the list!  it would be nice to see the u.s. come up to speed in the
|> areas of energy efficiency (esp. transportation) and general availability
|> of good reliable mass transit.  we really are a big joke to the rest of the
|> world on this one.

Not without good reason.  When most people compare the US to other countries,
invariably the other countries are European.  The last time I looked, we have
a much larger country, which makes efficient mass transit extremely
difficult.  Add to that the built-in dependence on the automobile that has
been bred in the last fifty or so years, and you are facing an almost
insurmountable task.  Should something be done?  Yes, where possible.  Should
we tax gas to do it?  No way.  Why should rural people pay for something that
will only benefit those in more populous areas?

|> gas *should* cost $2 a gallon.  you'd have much fewer
|> people driving mustangs/corvettes/lincoln town cars etc.  people might think
|> twice about driving that 30 foot behemoth rv (for just two people!) around
|> the u.s. as well.  and NO EXCEPTIONS for the trucking lobby either.  

So you are willing to pay much higher prices for goods and services, since
the higher taxes on trucking will be passed on to you?  Doesn't sound like a
good idea to me.

[...and from his signature...]

|> USA: Land of the misinformed, home of the narrowminded?  Looking more that way
|> every day.  Maybe we should ban *TV*.  and legal bribery of our government
|> officials.  and corporate welfare.  maybe we should stop subsidizing big oil.
|> maybe we should encourage preventative medicine.  maybe we should learn how
|> to respect one another.  maybe we should get off our high horse.  maybe we
|> should tone down our worship of the Almighty$Dollar.  after all, the founding
|> fathers *did* suggest the separation of church and state.

I see the point here.  You want to control and ban things that you don't
like.  This is the land of the free-- I should be able to drive whatever
vehicle I damn well choose.  You want to limit that.  You want to ban TV. 
Admit it-- you're just a control freak!

-JPC


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