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US needs to Up the Gas Tax.
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee



Joined: 25 May 2003

PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bucheon bum wrote:
None of you have lived in LA have you? Wink Well besides Dan, who called you all eco-Nazis.

Not that I disagree with you all, but increased gas prices would be a rather unpleasant hit on those living in places such as LA.


Well the US is at war. They ought to adjust. High gas taxes are a much smaller sacrifice than what citizens accepted in world war II.


Let them buy Hybrid cars. Or kits that let them use frying oil from fast food places.

As I said they could throw in a tax cut for lower income people.
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scarneck



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why attack SUVs? What's the difference if an SUV drives locally a few miles or a smaller sedan that drives hundreds of miles more? Is the argument about pollution or the use of gas? Drive what you can afford.

Has anyone noticed that Korea hasn't cut back on their driving since they invented the wheel? Gas prices be dammed, they drive more than ever.
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khyber



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Well the US is at war. They ought to adjust

Do you mean your at war with bad environmental policy? Your at war with irresponsible resource usage? your at war with the greenhouse effect?
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee



Joined: 25 May 2003

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No war with Al Qaida and Bathists and those that luv Khomeni.

Environmental benefits are a nice plus.
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thebum



Joined: 09 Jan 2005
Location: North Korea

PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If I still drove, I would drive a diesel car and use biodiesel. I don't know if it's available in Korea or not, but in Minnesota (where I am from), there are several places to get it.
http://www.biodiesel.org/buyingbiodiesel/retailfuelingsites/showstate.asp?st=MN

Another good option is Waste Vegetable Oil:
http://www.tcbiodiesel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=33

Both of them decrease pollution compared to petroleum based fuel. I'm not sure about WVO, but I know biodiesel can be used in pretty much any diesel car, no modifications required.

Does anyone have any information about stuff like this in Korea?
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AdamH



Joined: 27 Aug 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm told that back home petrol (gasoline) is around 91 pence per litre. As for today, that's approx $1.58 per liter. Does it stop anyone using their cars? No, because Britain has the most overpriced, unreliable and patchy public transport, so there is no alternative. In some countries with decent PT infrastructure, raising fuel costs might have a beneficial effect, but in the UK motorists are no more than a captive cash cow for the government.
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