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  New Environmentalism

  Can it win over the libertarian west? It won over me and I'm a libertarian.On The libertarian West and environmentalism posted 3 years, 4 months ago 2 Responses

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  Great post

  Excellent Post.

  Slowly increasing the gas tax is by far the best solution to our oil problem I've seen. I think the increased revenue should either be used to increase spending on transit or should be redistributed to all citizens as a "citizen's dividend." That way, those who drive the least are rewarded the most for it.

  The money could also be used to further subsidize bus and transit in such a way as to make it free (or nearly so) for all. On The built environment posted 3 years, 6 months ago 9 Responses

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  Raise Gasoline Taxes

  Keep preaching it. It's the best thing for our country in the long run even if public hates the thought of it presently.

  Thomas Friedman, author of "The World is Flat," advocated for a higher gas tax in Friday's NYTimes. Here's the link:

  http://select.nytimes.com/2006/04/28/opinion/28friedman.html?n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op %2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumnists%2fThomas%20L%20FriedmanOn Driving less is great, but producing more oil is a less-desirable reaction posted 3 years, 6 months ago 8 Responses

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  Oil Addiction

  What does he think the best method for weaning America off of their addiction to oil? Gas Tax? Emissions tax? Public Transit? Maybe a combination of these? Are there market solutions as well as government solutions?

  Trevor Acorn
  St. Peters, MOOn Me and Al Gore posted 3 years, 6 months ago 25 Responses

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  Re: Raising taxes?

  Just to clarify, I'm not saying we should raise taxes. I'm saying we should shift them in such way as to encourage green development patterns. The total tax revenue would stay the same.  

  This may actually cause taxes to decrease on the whole due, in the long run, to less tax money needed to pay for the entire infrastructure that are present building habits demand. Green really is cheaper in terms of a total cost analysis. On Gas price rant posted 3 years, 7 months ago 36 Responses