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U.S. Plans for Boosting Alternative Energy Supplies and Conservation

lamarque = tell that to Brazil.

U.S. Plans for Boosting Alternative Energy Supplies and Conservation

You will see more hybrids before more pure nat gas vehicles on the highways, including trucks. We don't need nat gas to move 18-wheelers as Boone says. Rails will do that trick. And hybrids will do the trick, on diesel, biodiesel, gasoline - no bottled/pressurized gas necessary except in well regulated fleet or in-plant services. No highway nat gas refueling station infrastructure required, and few at-home filleruppers.

Obama's Green Promise

Obama wants to be elected. I want to solve the problem.

Considering much of the flux flow between free enterprise, unfree enterprise, natural and contrived disaster, who's on the take, corporate greed and personal greed, I am convinced that we need to create our own crisis to get off oil and coal and the natural resources we BURN before we find ourselves in another crisis without a paddle - not unlike the '73 embargo and the '78-79 gas crunch (we know who caused eash so we know who the enemy is - an as you know we, the American consumer and American Business, are not exempt).

So let's do the unthinkable - the action and the results are not new - other nations have done it - it's time we did it. Put a $5 BURN TAX on each gallon of gasoline and diesel, equivalnet mcf of NG, ton of coal, lb or gal of propane etc., - A BURN TAX - where ever; from wherever: import or domestic. That tax (God help us because it goes to DC) is to be used only for installing infrastructure like electric railroads, electrified inter/intrastate hiway ferries, electric grid improvements and expansion (beefing up) to handle 20 Quads/yr, INCLUDING SOLAR AND WIND HOOKUPS.

In addition, the electrified railroads, electrified hiways and power grid will have an attached lesser TOLL TAX for prime-movers (the railroads, the ferries, the utilities) and a CREDIT REBATE (reduced fee) for baseline users (John Q Public and businesses).

Doing this:

1) the Govt provides the means for the common good which is it's role,

2) making the profiting entrapanuers pay to play (ie., the capitalistic risktakers placing their bets), and

3) forcing thru taxation (punishment) and relief (rewards) the behavior change desired where,

4) additional capitalistic risktakers will develop the additional means to make it all happen (the R&D, investment, and providing of solar, wind, electric vehicles, hybrids, etc., etc, whatever the need).

5) AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO WHAT IT HAS ALWAYS DONE, PUT A TAX ON IT'S PEOPLE AND NEVER REMOVE IT.

AS THE BEHAVIOR CHANGES THE PUNISHING TAX NATRUALLY EVAPORATES (NO MORE BURN; NO MORE TAX).

AND THE NEW ECONOMY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE NEW DESIRED BEHAVIOR WITH BURDEN AND REWARD IN PLACE, BOTH PAYING FOR USE; AND NOT KNOWING IT, AND SATISFIED.