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Originally Posted by Big Dave
What alternatives are out there for oil? Nuclear and wind power will not run my truck.
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Sure they can - there are plenty of Chevy S-10 electric conversions out there :-)
Higher prices might also get you to re-examine why you're driving a truck in the first place - and presumably a large one, since there haven't been any new small trucks built for a decade or more. Now maybe _you_ need the carrying capacity for work, but how about my neighbor's kid, who drives his jacked-up Dodge Ram to his job at Burger King? And as I've mentioned, I used to work construction, and managed to haul all my tools & materials in a '78 Datsun.
I agree that we don't need a tax increase, but I would like to see a tax shift. Now we mostly tax success: earn more, and pay more income tax; spend more, and pay more sales tax. I'd rather see a tax on waste: if you want to keep driving a guzzler, fine, but pay. Keep that landscape lighting on all night to show off your McMansion, and pay.