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Give Me Alternative Energy - Just Don't Make Me Pay For It
dailyfueleconomytip.com — According to a recent poll, nearly 60% of people said they would not support an increase in the federal fuel tax, even if all the revenue went towards funding research for alternative energies and fuels.
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- Hawker400, on 10/02/2008, -0/+19Maybe it’s my cynical nature, but, to me, this just goes to show that while many of us are concerned about the country’s energy problems and truly do want a viable solution relatively soon, we’d just as soon not be inconvenienced until there are no other options.
- meruru, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7I'd go the opposite way and say the fact that 40% would approve of it in some form is encouraging. I think a large portion of the no's came from people who were either just getting by (and hence wouldn't approve of any tax increase) or people who don't trust the government to use the tax money well (after all the government has never diverted funds from one program to another right?)
- jodimcmullen, on 10/02/2008, -0/+10I think this poll would depend on how it was asked.
- Hawker400, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3Would you be willing to support a gas tax hike if the increase were specifically earmarked for research into alternative energy sources?
- psud0, on 10/02/2008, -0/+8Very cool title, but at the end the folk will pay for it.
- lockr, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3Before people are going to get out of the cars, we have to address suburbia, and the fact that people have drive to a big box plaza to get what they need.
Why do you have to drive just to pick up a jug of milk? Because the nearest store is a 30 minute walk away. We need to address the design of our neighborhoods before people will see driving as a privilege, not a necessity.- ascguy, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4I don't think that's true. Maybe if you live in the middle of nowhere, but I think it's safe to say most suburbs have a grocery store that's within a mile or two from their homes.
*nothing to back up my claims other than personal observation- lockr, on 10/02/2008, -5/+1Who wants to walk 2 miles for milk? That's about 30 minutes each way.
- ascguy, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5Get over yourself.
- restonwebdev, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3Agreed most suburbs have more accessible stores and shopping areas than big cities.
- hiPpymIck, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3for short trips
the bicycle is your friend
- meruru, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1I agree with you in theory but it is too late at this point. We can't just level all of our cities and rebuild them to be eco-friendly.
- ascguy, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4I don't think that's true. Maybe if you live in the middle of nowhere, but I think it's safe to say most suburbs have a grocery store that's within a mile or two from their homes.
- philostrato, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6i'm with lockr
the whole design of our cities is problematic. i live in houston (feel free to say something about houston sucking, whatever) and the whole place is so sprawled. i wish it could be subdivided into small villages, not subdivisions, with each having its own city center
how to actually make this happen, i have no idea- badqat, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2Worst drive I've ever had was in Houston at 5:00 pm. Ugh. So yes, Houston sucks!
- sjvn, on 10/02/2008, -1/+3Typical. All too typical.
Steven - rebrad, on 10/02/2008, -2/+7Let Capitalism work. Those who take the risk should be rewarded. The taxpayers shouldn't have to subsidize development or the success or failure of a product.
- bincoder, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2People don't want to be taxed to pay the R&D for some third party who's going to make untold millions with altenative energy, electronics, medicine, plastics molding technology for the making of cheap toys, Amway, McDonalds, Walmart, nor the butcher, the baker, and the ice cream maker either.
It is the companys job to pay for the R&D that benefits the company. Not my job (unless the company wants to hire me to do it for $80k/year)
If they solve the problem, don't worry about it, they will have more money than God soon enough. If they screw up, they lose their own money, not mine.
And that is exactly as it should be. - LMT50, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Seems strange that our senators and congressmen aren't worried about losing their jobs after voting for this $700B against their voters wishes to bail out rich businessmen, yet their scared to death to vote something that is truly necessary and good for the stability of our country?
- Truzseeker, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1how about design your own...its simple, and you can use found in a junk yard to get started.
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