I've always wondered how people who own and drive vehicles that get 10mpg rationalize the purchase [It's the tax breaks. Ed]. In the northern tier of the country isn't it just miserable to need to stand outside in the cold for 5 minutes filling up your tank again ... and again ...
But this statistic quoted in the Guardian by George Monbiot and Michael Meacher seems to put it all in geo-political perspective.
It has been calculated that a mere 2.7 miles-per-gallon improvement in the fuel economy of American cars and light vehicles would be enough to do without the need for oil imports from the Persian Gulf entirely ....
Is that true?
If it is, why aren't we funding the war with an increase in the gas tax?
Why is it that people who drive these vehicles seem more likely to have American flags on their trucks? Shouldn't they have a Saudi Arabian flag instead?
Posted by robe0419 at July 28, 2004 12:11 PM