> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dan Minette > Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 4:00 PM > To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' > Subject: RE: "Someone Must Tell Them" > > > > > I remember near term energy independence being a policy of Nixon and Ford > and Carter. :-) It's not really achievable. So, it seems reasonable to > decrease our dependency now, by raising fuel taxes by, say, $0.50 gal per > year for the next 10 years, or some similar means.
I should have restated my often repeated argument on this list that we need investments in basic science that could someday provide reasonably priced alternative energy (e.g. solar or fusion or reprocessed nuclear fuel with drastically reduced utility for bombs.) These investments are, by nature, very long term but there's no time like the present to start. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
