Why gas should be $4/gallon...

[compuwiz1]

All the Navigators with the 22" spinners don't burn much gas, they just sit there rappin, pickin up ho's, and watchin DVD's on the big plasmas, while a lookout makes sure the repo man ain't coming to hook em up. :laugh:

 

[CyberDuck]

You americans.. :disgust:

Well, we are trying to reduce our emissions. They just did a survey here, people where asked if they prefered 11.3$/gallon gas or to put some aluminium industry down. 63% wanted the higher gas price.

 

[CyberDuck]

Originally posted by: KB
You can't raise gas prices without affecting everyone, even those that drive hybrids. Most goods are delivered by semis (giant gas-guzzlers). They deliver your food, clothes etc. If gas prices go up, so does the cost of every other good or service.

Well, actually you can. We (and other countries here) have a duel price system for diesel so farmers and fishing boats have tax free diesel. The tax free diesel is filled from special pumps, and is colored by a special substance. The color stays in the engine system for all future (as far as i know) if you fill it on a wehicle not entitled to tax free diesel, and you have to pay a fine in the order of tens of thousands of dollars if you get cought. I would think that a similar system could be adopted for gasoline as well.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
More taxes on gas to reduce dependency and/or ultimately benefit us from an economical standpoint are simply, clearly to anybody with a brain, the stupidest thing that people are pedaling right now and yet more evidence that I live on the same planet as people with no clue whatsover. If a person needs this explained to them, they're simply not worthy of knowing anyway, so I'll let people continue to think it's a good idea if they currently do.

How exactly do you figure that? I can guarantee you that if you tax gasoline at 50%, the sales of big trucks would plumet and our consumption would decrease (w/stat. significance) within 5 years. It's simple economics...

As a matter of fact, I can guarantee that if you tax ANYTHING, its consumption would be reducted (regardless the elasticity of demand for that good).