fergus -> RE: "If I were the President I'd....." (11/11/2006 1:34:52 PM)
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I would pressure congress to institue a new gas tax. $10.00 per gallon of non-commercial use fuel. I would give a full 50% of that new tax directly to the oil companies as "shut-up" money and to stave off a sudden economic crisis. The other 50% would go IMMEDIATELY and entirely for research and implementation of non-fossile fuel energy sources like Geothermal, solar, wind, vegetable based fuels etc. Once impleneted .... I would call all US troops home and tell the rest of the world to EAT their F*CKING OIL!!!! Sure, the $10 would SUCK a LOT for people in the short temr ... but man, THEN we woudl start to conserve, ride-share, and get creative with our consumption. Would get us off fossile fuels, start to clean up the environment little by little, and take a lot of traffic off the roads. fergus
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