$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('KaiserJeep', 'W')e simply have to make the right choices for everything we do.
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For example, one change that has to happen is that we need to give up burning oil for personal transportation. Everyone knows this, but no politician has the stones to put real incentives in place for electric vehicles, and (more importantly) real disincentives for oil burning vehicles. A 100% surcharge for ICE vehicles would be a start, with milestone dates announced for when the surcharge goes to 200%, then to 500%.
Local is not necessarily better. The alternative with the lowest fossil energy cost is probably the one we want.
But I don't see any reason to return to feudalism, ever.
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Lind: Energy Austerity A Return to Feudalism
Re: Lind: Energy Austerity A Return to Feudalism
by vtsnowedin » Sat 31 May 2014, 14:14:09
100% right off the line would create a catastrophe and only serve to bring about a change in government and not for the better.
A more plausible solution would be a pre announced five cent per gallon fuel tax increase every six months until oil imports reach zero. The certainty of the increases allows buyers to plan ahead when buying a new car (or choosing not to) and allows for the orderly replacement and reduction of the motor vehicle fleet without creating a panic situation where drivers get placed in hardship circumstances overnight and all at once.
But even a five sent one time gas tax increase brings howls of indignation and moves nowhere in legislative bodies except to the circular file.
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