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> A $1 a gallon gasoline tax, phased in, would not only be a
> huge revenue generator (even with tax rebates to ease the
> burden on low-income people, farmers and truckers) but also
> a huge driver of conservation and reduced oil imports. Not
> only would it mean less money for Saudi Arabia to transfer
> to Wahhabi clerics to spread their intolerant brand of
> Islam around the world, but it would radically improve
> America's standing in Europe, where we are resented for
> being the world's energy hog.
>
> President Bush could even say that this tax is his
> long-promised alternative to Kyoto, because the amount of
> energy conservation it would produce would result in a much
> greater reduction in U.S. energy consumption, and
> greenhouse gas emissions, than anything Kyoto would have
> mandated.

This sounds just smart enough to be completely ignored by the administration. And reviled by Americans who can't look past their next trip to the gas station.
posted by Tomohiro Idokoro @ 7:09 AM

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