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Feb. 21st, 2003 07:29 pmI just wante to repost this here, for those people who don't also read Joy's journal. I think that our current rate of consumption of oil is a huge problem. It is a problem inherently, and also because of some of the reasons that it is so high (eg. too many car trips causing road congestion, road degration, and pollution). ... i feel strongly about this.
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Frankly, its about time that people in the US started paying prices for gas commensurate with the rest of the world. This is a good thing in many ways, mostly it is probably the only thing that can make the car manufacturers and buyers start paying real attention to fuel conservation. Fuel conservation, of course, will reduce our dependance on foriegn oil, post pone the inevitable date when all the oil has been used up, decrease urban smog and noise pollution.
Since our administration is too stupid to try to promote oil conservation with legislation, i'm glad its current bellicose rhetoric is having this side effect.
No, don't yell at me, i know that a gas tax is highly regressive, and thats very unfortunate, but, i still think it is probably something that we need to bite the bullet and accept. One thing i do to reduce the regressive impact of high oil prices, i donate money to the Warm Home Fund run by my local gas supplier.
You can reduce your gas prices by taking the bus, car pooling, driving conservatively, and even considering a hybrid vehicle for your next purchase. You can vote in favor of public transportation improvements, and support fuel cell technology when it becomes available.
Of course, i buy gas less than once per month, so, this is easy for me to preach.
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Frankly, its about time that people in the US started paying prices for gas commensurate with the rest of the world. This is a good thing in many ways, mostly it is probably the only thing that can make the car manufacturers and buyers start paying real attention to fuel conservation. Fuel conservation, of course, will reduce our dependance on foriegn oil, post pone the inevitable date when all the oil has been used up, decrease urban smog and noise pollution.
Since our administration is too stupid to try to promote oil conservation with legislation, i'm glad its current bellicose rhetoric is having this side effect.
No, don't yell at me, i know that a gas tax is highly regressive, and thats very unfortunate, but, i still think it is probably something that we need to bite the bullet and accept. One thing i do to reduce the regressive impact of high oil prices, i donate money to the Warm Home Fund run by my local gas supplier.
You can reduce your gas prices by taking the bus, car pooling, driving conservatively, and even considering a hybrid vehicle for your next purchase. You can vote in favor of public transportation improvements, and support fuel cell technology when it becomes available.
Of course, i buy gas less than once per month, so, this is easy for me to preach.
