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   Sean Casten Posted 5:16 am
   10 Aug 2007

   Maybe Dingell's giving 'em what they want?Here's a thought.  Auto industry doesn't like CAFE.  Dingell's from Michigan, doesn't like CAFE.  Ford wants a gas tax.  Dingell offers a gas tax.
   Perhaps this is how Nixon gets to China?  This is a good thing...

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   justlou Posted 5:20 am
   10 Aug 2007

   Another way to get to $8.00 per gallonWe already would have $8.00 per gallon gas without taxes if all of us drove Ford SUVs and pickups that, according to Ford, we are demanding.
   How is it that the auto companies can continue to propagate the lie that they are giving us what we are demanding?  Like we are demanding more conflict in the Middle East, more global warming, higher driving costs, etc.?  
   Ford: How about helping to manufacture demand for more efficient cars and trucks and then delivering those products?  Enough of this save us before we kill again BS!

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   alphaniner Posted 5:34 am
   10 Aug 2007

   dont hateFord will likely be a loser in this situation given their current (shall we say lacking) lineup of fuel efficient vehicles.  Asian automakers have a huge head start over the big three.  
   Not that I disagree with taxing gas heavily as long as it is implemented slowly 10 cents/(gallon*year) looks to be reasonable.  Why not just tax all carbon emissions equally though?

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   odograph Posted 5:53 am
   10 Aug 2007

   carbon taxI agree this is the way to go, and the opportunities for a wide coalition seem to be improving.

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   Books Alive Posted 6:10 am
   10 Aug 2007

   I'm all for foreign-level petrol (gasoline) costsLet's have it. Good for all makers, not just Ford. Dingell proposed 50 cents per gallon, right? And Bush says no to anything.
   Gradual increases? Another 10 cents per gallon with each year? Sounds like a nightmare to enact and collect, but it might work.

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   Biodiversivist Posted 3:14 pm
   16 Aug 2007

   Wait,When asked by reporters if he was endorsing a gasoline tax, Mulally said "no, not exactly."
   He just said the cost of gas here would have to be as high as in Europe for consumers to stop buying big cars. He said that to bash CAFE and put the fear of God into consumers at the thought of paying that much for gas. The remark was calculated and approved by the board.
   
   In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

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