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There
is no doubt that the larger segment of the
peoples of this country take COMPLETELY for
granted
the relatively measly cost we pay to squeeze
out
a few miles per
gallon in our rides of choice,
choosing to also remain blind to the deleterious
effects an oil-based energy matrix has on both
environmental and socioeconomic levels. In
truth, if the
oil companies had to fight their
own
oil
wars, or didn't get any tax-funded subsidies
from our government, we would be paying a substantially
higher cost per gallon than we presently do. (Oh,
wait... isn't that socialism? Heavens!)
Europeans pay a lot more per liter
of petrol but that's because
their governments
tax
the bejeezus
out
of
it and plow the money back into public transportation.
America is, admittedly, a much different place
than Western Europe but we could likewise tax
our
gasoline usage and apply that money to the
construction of a state-owned renewable energy
system. It would be like single-payer health
care (I.E., no middlemen taking a cut) except
for electric powered transport. Any excess
tax monies could also be used to subsidize
the
vehicles that
would use the system, driving the shift away
from petroleum-based energy even faster.
It is safe to say that no one likes polluted
air and water, war, graft, greed, and unstable
environment,
so maybe it's about time we started acting
like
it
=Lefty=
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all comments are moderated.)
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Google
Chow (Eat hearty, little Google-bots!)
Customer: $3.99 a gallon?
Gas station attendant: Yes, sir, but that includes trillions in tax
dollars for oil wars, billions in oil company subsidies, climate change,
species
decline,
contaminated groundwater, polluted oceans, fracking-induced earthquakes,
air pollution, a political system corrupted by oil money...
Thanks, but I think I'll walk.
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