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by Anonymous User on Mon Aug 21, 2006 at 12:59:21 PM PDT

1. oil is cheaper than water - just check what a gallon of bottled water costs you 2. excess oil consumption is destroying our environment and our balance of payment and financing our enemies. 3. higher prices reduce consumption, thus improving the environment at least. 4. higher prices encourge consumers to buy more reasonable cars getting better mileage, reducing freeway carnage and helping the environment 5. higher prices encourage consumers to demand mass transit that actually goes where they need to go - right now, in many west coast cities at least, any semblance of mass transit barely rises to the level of pathetic - it can take longer to use mass transit than to walk (I've tested this when my car was damaged) 6. though I drive a fair amount, I would support a $5 per gallon tax on gassoline to be used to fund mass transit, renewable energy, etc. This will have a compounding and beneficial effect. But given the scum in the whitehouse, this won't happen, I am sure.

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