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No Matter Who's Elected, Alternative Energy Wins

Uncle Fred needs a longer memory. Both Republican and Democrat administrations have ignored energy sources since President Carter was blindsided by the huge petroleum spike (caused by some OPEC countries). All presidents and congresses since that time have elected to do nothing but bury heads in the sand. The current impetus vis a vis petroleum policy in Republican circles is "ENERGY INDEPENDENCE" and "DRILL, DRILL, DRILL,,,, here!" Democrat policy is still mired in a democrat controlled congress which has accomplished very little while it has the upper hand. All elected officials seem to loathe the only policy that has been proven to work. Raise the price of gasoline by adding more taxes to it. If the price resulting is high enough, there will be a mass exodus from large pickup trucks, SUVs and older fuel inefficient vehicles. The new petroleum stingy vehicles will be adopted.... We have 40+ years of European experience to prove it.
Liquid petroleum fuels are inelastic to a certain price point and starts to become more elastic above that. All we need is a congress with GUTS to do the right thing for the future of this country.
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