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So who remembers $4+ a gallon gas?
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 555597" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>You just hit the nail on the head.</p><p> </p><p>Right now, the "cheapest" way to get a car from point A to point B is to power it with fossil fuels that are drilled from the earth, refined, and transported to the point of consumption by a handful of large corporations who wish to maintain that status quo.</p><p> </p><p>The problem is that we, the end consumer, are not really paying for the <em>true</em> cost of that fuel at the pump.</p><p> </p><p>The enviormental cost, as well as the cost of maintaining a huge military presence on the other side of the world to gurantee access to the fuel....is not being paid at the pump. It is being borrowed, and passed on to future generations.</p><p> </p><p>If we had to pay at the pump for the <em>true</em> cost of a gallon of gasoline it would be far, far more expensive.</p><p> </p><p>It would also open the door for new forms of energy to compete on a level playing field. Those alternate forms of energy are out there. They exist. They just cannot yet compete economically as long as fossil fuels are being "subsidized" at the pump.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 555597, member: 14668"] You just hit the nail on the head. Right now, the "cheapest" way to get a car from point A to point B is to power it with fossil fuels that are drilled from the earth, refined, and transported to the point of consumption by a handful of large corporations who wish to maintain that status quo. The problem is that we, the end consumer, are not really paying for the [I]true[/I] cost of that fuel at the pump. The enviormental cost, as well as the cost of maintaining a huge military presence on the other side of the world to gurantee access to the fuel....is not being paid at the pump. It is being borrowed, and passed on to future generations. If we had to pay at the pump for the [I]true[/I] cost of a gallon of gasoline it would be far, far more expensive. It would also open the door for new forms of energy to compete on a level playing field. Those alternate forms of energy are out there. They exist. They just cannot yet compete economically as long as fossil fuels are being "subsidized" at the pump. [/QUOTE]
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