WhyNot?

Tax Energy - Not Income

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AMERICAN ENERGY WASTE is EVERYWHERE !

Energy waste in America is horrendous, sinful, stupid, and FIXABLE !(1) We stupidly over heat and over cool our homes, businesses, offices, schools, churches, etc...(2) 10's of millions of outdoor lights burn during the day.(3) Most Americans do not minimize their driving.(4) Over packaging is the norm. Recycling is a joke. Our landfills are as busy as ever.(5) Road construction in America is the ultimate contradiction and is perpetuated by graft that entail Billions of dollar$.

The ONLY SOLUTION is to dramatically reduce America's energy waste and over demand using the economics of taxing energy, in lieu of Federal Income Tax. ONLY then would conservation finally have mass appeal and tangible reward. UNTIL the price of gas is $6 to $8 per gallon, hedonistic America will not significantly reduce its over consumption and energy waste. Federal Gas Tax should be $4 to $6 per gallon and 'offset' by making Federal Income Tax begin at $60k.

America continues to stupidly 'give away' its economic and political wealth to the Islamic Middle East via OPEC, just so we can continue our energy waste; as if it doesn't matter.Know that the Islamic dominated OPEC cartel is gladly allowing supply and demand market forces to drive energy prices to $6/gallon. It is our 'own dumb hedonistic' fault that the Islamics who want to annihilate us will likely succeed; using our American 'gas money' to buy the weapons needed to do so.

China, India, and other 'developing countries' are just beginning to compete for the world's remaining natural resources. Geopolitical unrest is directly related to global competition for energy. If global demand for energy is not dramatically reduced, World war is inevitable.

Ford and General Motors are quickly headed for bankruptcy, which will leave 100,000,000 Americans unemployed, ruin our economy, and lead to anarchy. America can no longer continue to 'do business as usual'. Unless Ford and GM soon transition to the lucrative business of building solar and wind 'energy producers' for the world's 6.7 BILLION people reason$, they are doomed to die. The world simply cannot continue to support all the automakers. We are running out of petroleum. Wake up !

Mass transit must reward those who reduce their driving and thereby become FREE, SAFE, CLEAN, and CONVENIENT. ( Only then, will significant numbers of people use it.)

America must quickly wake up, get our heads out of our asks, and rapidly implement intelligent sustainable energy conservation, starting with the ONLY workable method; TAXING ENERGY - NOT INCOME!

* STOP the Energy WASTE *Reduce * REDUCE * ReduceAmerica is "wasting away" its economic andpolitical wealth to the OPEC and Islamic cartels.TAX ENERGY ~ NOT INCOME

CONSERVATIONmatters, Jun 26 2007

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It has been noted that a congressman who attempts to raise gasoline taxes quickly gets kicked out of office.

sand, Jun 26 2007

I disagree. If we simply provide abundant clean energy for everyone, then we need not reduce our energy use.

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/jamesbdunn?p=224

The problem isn't that we use energy, it is that we don't invest in clean energy and stop using dirty energy. Deep down the problem is actually political corruption and oil companies surpressing the production of clean energy and fuel efficient processes.

Example: Industrial boilers use a crude oil like asphalt for producing steam. The thermal efficiency can be increased by over 15% by injecting water to mix with the fuel to create greater heat transfer to the boiler tubes. The oil companies will stop delivering fuel to any company that modifies in any way the content of their product. This forces industry to burn at least 15% more fuel.

Useage is a symptom, the problem is corruption.

Ethical method to eliminate all political corruption:

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/jamesbdunn?p=57

jamesbdunn, Jun 28 2007

If Ford and GM are dumb enough to not make changes by producing cars that are hybreds, multi fuel, equal to or better that the imports for the same price, they should go BELLY UP. I would be almost willing to bet you drive a SUV that maybe gets 15 MPG the way you drive it and you have never taken public transportation!!!

CSM, Jul 01 2007