Caroline,

I agree that the gas tax is painful in the short term. But it serves to force people to switch to electric and hydrogen. These vehicles (as nice as a prius for example) may cost as little as 10K brand new with the subsidies. In addition, the cost to you for fueling these vehicles would be about $2 or less per equivelant gallon. In a short amount of time, you'll pay for the 10-15K in vehicle investment.

Additionally, we would lease the infrastructure (i.e. all the electric/hydrogen filling stations) to the current US owned oil companies to give them a new direction for their own business models once we've collapsed the oil industry. There might be jobs lost in general due to the transition time, but in about 2 years, all of it will even out and actually improve across the board. A short period of pain will be several generations of growth and success for everyone on so many levels. The military can decrease their budget. The positive impact on the enviroment will open new opportunities in polluted cities and polluted waterways. The fishing industry will be able to turn around their fortunes etc. And global warming will halt almost instantly. Imagine if the US stopped having ANY emissions in 2-5 years? Imagine all the other countries who would follow suit?

Thanks for your feedback.. I welcome disagreements and ideas. I want to refine this idea as we go.

Brian

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