There are so many responses! I must confess to having not read them all yet (sorry).

Brian, you are a thinking man. I appreciate your sentiments and we are on the exact same page with regard to feul from corn/beans being dumb, dumb, dumb.

Now for my counterpoint wink

As someone who currently lives a forty-five minute drive from "civilization", this idea of $10 gas overnight freaks me out.

Yes, hubby's car is currently subsidized by his employer, but he SHARES in that cost. Guess what would go up overnight? HIS SHARE of the cost! Eek.

That is, if the company didn't just stop the company car policy altogether, or just fire a few guys to make up the difference.

Further, I am reluctant to put the government in charge of this. I don't like how the government runs things they are already in charge of.

Based on the way things get done now (from my perspective), this will just create a bunch of high paying jobs for people in suits who will think of eight million forms and reems of red tape to bungle the process. $4 of that $5 tax would go to "infrastructure".

My husband and I watched the documentary "who killed the electric car". Since, we have both agreed that electric cars were the way to go.

Hubby was watching one of his "man shows" about race cars and all that and saw electric testerosas that can do 0-60 in 3.2 seconds or something crazy like that. They have power enough to do "drifts". In other words, electric cars do not HAVE to be "low performeres".

The trouble is the cost, as you touched on. These electric babies sell for big bucks.

And I don't care how cheaply the "new cars" would be available.

Even if subsidizing gets them down to $500.

If you don't have $500, then they might as well cost $1,000,000.00.

Thus, the people who are just scraping by and are living paycheck to paycheck; folks who are driving their 84 "hoopdie" would be just plain sunk. They'd be unable to buy the "new technology" and yet unable to afford the gas at the new prices.

Not that you aren't on the right track...

Now off to read what I am sure is all my concerns addressed! :o

Jamie