Boycot Fuel Week!!

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
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"Lawson" wrote:

I've got an idea,
lets try doing something smart instead of something simple and
profitable.

which it is? do something smart or tax people into the poor house?


No idea really Bob, if someone comes up with a good idea that will work I
hope we recognize it. I pay a lot of tax now, taxing my fuel more heavily
will not be the worst thing that can happen to me if that money is put to
truly good use finding a new way of transporting things. I pay 3.20
something now. If that were to suddenly rise to $5 or six, I would manage.
Perhaps I would be encouraged to find a new way to service my customers that
would give me a competitive edge. Perhaps my customers would find different
ways of doing things, maybe someone would come up with a car that was more
than 20% efficient. Gas WILL be $5, then 6, then 10. It WILL happen, perhaps
if we do it now, we can research a solution rather than send all the money
to the people who attacked us in the first place. Right now it looks to me
like we're just making sure they win in the long run.

So far the only solution we've been offered is to turn our food into a
gasoline additive, something that just seems wrong to me. So, if they really
offered me the choice of more expensive gas not made from food, I'd likely
buy that.