--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], new.morning <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > Re: If we all died tomorrow... > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > <snip> > [new.morning wrote:] > > > > It would require a $4/gal or so to gas, and similar btu tax on > > > > electricity and natural gas, etc. Tax revenue from such to > provide > > > > incentives / loans for very high efficiency vehicles, home / > > > > building modifications/retrofits, PV and passive solar, no > > > > pollution (GHG) coal and NG generting plants, etc. It all can be > > > > done. Lower energy usage for same energy services will leave > energy > > > > bills (total costs) within current ranges even s rates rise. > Except > > > > for profligate users. Who can either pay or reform their use/ > > > > > > The taxes would be awfully hard on the working poor, > > > though. And they'd raise prices across the board. > > > We'd have to figure out some way to keep the taxes > > > from taking a big bite out of low incomes. > > > > Yes, that would be part of the plan. Like $20 monthly bus passes, > > increased micro public transportation, car-pooling to work > incentives > > etc. And in some urban, mostly rural areas, some non-transferable > > energy vouchers to those under some critical income. And deep > > incnetives / low -cost loans for energy-efficient vehicles / trade- > ins > > tailored for low-income. > > Man, we'd have to elect a Congress-full of > incorruptible environmentalists to get all > that done.
Well, get on that phone bank! :) i think the republican party signed its death warrant to day: passed by a republican congress, the president sighed the bill that any american citizen can be named an enemy combatant by a panel set up by the president. We are now officially a type of dictatorship. I think, pray, the American people will be justifiably OUTRAGED, and vow never to vote for another Republican EVER. It is a dead party in my book. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
