RE: Authority of the marketplace?

[Andrew Crystall]

On 17 Jul 2001, at 21:16, John D. Giorgis wrote:

> Of course, what point is there in preserving a static environment if
> it impovershes us all? 

Static? Who said that? I'd LIKE to see things move over towards 
some serious ecological building work, eventually.
 
> If environmentalitsts were more serious and honest that we need to
> make *tradeoffs* someone might actually believe them.

I agree. S'why I'm eco-realist, not green.

> A good start would be pointing out that burning a gallon of gasoline
> currently produces more damage to the atmosphere than is collected in
> taxes.    A serious argument for slowly increasing gasoline taxes
> (especially now that the price is coming down) could go a long way.   

It was in the UK...and the Public have finally had enough of it. It 
helps, sure, but there are other steps like forcing faster uptake into 
new cars of measures to increase fuel economy, tax breaks for fuel-
efficient cars and taxes on pollution from refineries.

Andy
Dawn Falcon