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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 808052" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>The tough part is that the general population is always going to want what is <em>cheapest and easiest</em> rather than what is <em>best</em>.</p><p> </p><p>Right now, the <em>cheapest and easiest</em> way for the average person to drive is in a relatively inefficient car that burns petroleum-based fossil fuel.</p><p> </p><p>The free market cannot provide a competitive alternative because the <em>true cost</em> of fossil fuels (enviormental, military presence in Middle East, oil company tax breaks/subsidies etc.) is being held artificially low at the pump, while realistic alternatives (electric cars, hyper-efficient 70MPG biofueled cars such as the VW Lupo) have huge cost disadvantages vs. gasoline powered cars or are simply denied to us via unfair emissions regulations, crash-test standards and other government interference.</p><p> </p><p>The solution to energy independence is the free market. That means treating fossil fuels like what they <em>really are</em>....which is <strong>irreplaceable natural resources that only exist in finite quantities and cannot be replaced once consumed.</strong> It also means incorporating a "pay as we go" mentality at the pump, rather than simply borrowing the cost of our huge military presence in the Middle East and passing those costs on to our great-grandchildren in the form of debt.</p><p> </p><p>A truly free market would allow each person to ask important questions such as "do I really want to purchase this product (oil) from a regime that supports terrorism and which treats half of its population (women) no better than cattle?" and then vote with their <em>dollars</em> rather than simply sticking a yellow ribbon on the antennae of their 10 MPG SUV and driving away in blissful ignorance of what had to happen and who had to die in order for them to be able to purchase that product for $3 a gallon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 808052, member: 14668"] The tough part is that the general population is always going to want what is [I]cheapest and easiest[/I] rather than what is [I]best[/I]. Right now, the [I]cheapest and easiest[/I] way for the average person to drive is in a relatively inefficient car that burns petroleum-based fossil fuel. The free market cannot provide a competitive alternative because the [I]true cost[/I] of fossil fuels (enviormental, military presence in Middle East, oil company tax breaks/subsidies etc.) is being held artificially low at the pump, while realistic alternatives (electric cars, hyper-efficient 70MPG biofueled cars such as the VW Lupo) have huge cost disadvantages vs. gasoline powered cars or are simply denied to us via unfair emissions regulations, crash-test standards and other government interference. The solution to energy independence is the free market. That means treating fossil fuels like what they [I]really are[/I]....which is [B]irreplaceable natural resources that only exist in finite quantities and cannot be replaced once consumed.[/B] It also means incorporating a "pay as we go" mentality at the pump, rather than simply borrowing the cost of our huge military presence in the Middle East and passing those costs on to our great-grandchildren in the form of debt. A truly free market would allow each person to ask important questions such as "do I really want to purchase this product (oil) from a regime that supports terrorism and which treats half of its population (women) no better than cattle?" and then vote with their [I]dollars[/I] rather than simply sticking a yellow ribbon on the antennae of their 10 MPG SUV and driving away in blissful ignorance of what had to happen and who had to die in order for them to be able to purchase that product for $3 a gallon. [/QUOTE]
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