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Should there be a minimum price for gasoline?
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Written on: 08 November 2008 [15:40]
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ecoadmin
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registered since: 20.07.2007
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The current economic crisis puts a lot of pressure on many budgets. Spendings for renewable energy developments are put on hold or cancelled. History has shown that whenever gasoline prices were high, alternative energy issues were much higher on the agenda and their development was pushed forward. Time will show if we are doing the same mistake again as in previous years. It would probably be a very unpopular move if the government would raise the taxes for fuel, specially in times like these! But in order to support the change from an all-oil and inefficient transportation sector to a more sustainable one, wouldn't it be necessary to keep the gasoline price at a certain minimum? The extra income should be used for alternative energy projects and their infrastructure plus (higher than today) tax benefits to people driving eco-friendly cars. Twike 890
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Written on: 25 November 2008 [23:18]
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childress
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registered since: 14.08.2007
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A graduated increase in gasoline price (Starting at $2 and over a 5-year period taxed to a baseline of $4) could do wonders for the US economy: US Automanufacturers can't sell their low mileage crap overseas, so they dump it here. This would acutally turn their assembly lines into world-cars (it's the logic behind a majority of states becomeing California Emissions: at that point it will be too expensive to make two versions of a car, so EVERY state gets shipped a clean car) It would spur development of green technologies to get away from gasoline, as long as the tax monies generated were designated as green startup funding. It would deny OPEC the ability to screw with our economy, and as we further divest from oil, increase our national security. Until then you will continue to get yo-yo effects as prices go up, people drive less, prices go down people drive more. Hopefully people are smart enough to never buy a low-mileage SUV again, but... Commute suck? Twike it; You'll like it!
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