Whoa, Ernie : Easy for you to say, but not so easy for truckers, city education systems that must run school buses, city transit systems that need to move a million people per day, ordinary citizens who earn $ 25,000 per year, or less, who need to drive to work, nor is it good for farmers who need to run tractors, police departments, fire departments, and the list goes on and on. Count me as pro-environment but I cannot help but notice that the people who are most eco-political are either wealthy, or who live in communes and don't really care about economics anyway. Keep the price as low as possible, keep the nation running. But tie oil development -- granting gvt leases-- to companies willing to invest in alternative energy for the future. We do seem to have enough recoverable oil in the ground to continue to operate as we have, maybe for another 50 years, but we absolutely must invest in each and every viable alternative. Incentivize the investments needed. Drive up the cost of gasoline and you kill the economy and make life needlessly difficult for the majority of Americans. Billy -------------------------------------- 3/16/2012 8:52:25 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2012, at 19:26, "David R. Block" <[email protected]> wrote: > but NOW is not the time to price oil and coal excessively high and regulate it into oblivion when their replacements are not ready for prime time Of course. The ideal scenario, though, is a steady incremental increase in the price of oil. To encourage both domestic development and alternative sources. Via predictable economics rather than subsidies. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
