Re: This is what scares me more than anything
Bruce Geerdes <[email protected]>
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On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Karl Swenson <[email protected]> wrote: > In the general sense of not discouraging oil consumption, yeah. > > *** Because the proposal has nothing to do with consumption, it has to do > with a crumbling infrastructure that *all* vehicles contribute to. But if we're going to fund that some way, I like the way that encourages conservation. So sue me. > Given our lack of alternatives, yeah. > > ***As noted there are plenty of alternatives actually. Plenty of alternatives that are less palatable. >> (after noting that they don't work, ironically). > > Wha? > > " Actually, electric & hybrid vehicles are one reason a simple gas tax > doesn't work. Revenues going down. :(" > > ***so the answer is to increase what doesn't work, thus further lowering > revenues and starting the cycle all over again? It's a start. It's what I'd do right now, once my pre-conditions are met. :) -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot