Re: FUEL Prices


"Jock frame" <jframe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:aAZij.137765$036.101573@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
tell me your thoughts on high fuel prices and what the goverment should
do,
to keep it down ,

i payed 23 pence more for milk allready , what next
let me no
thanks


I cannot speak to what the British Govrnment should or should not do, but,
in the United States, I believe the government should take a pro-active
roll.

The primary goal should be to not necessarily reduce fuel prices but to
stabilize them so that they do not runaway as they are now doing putting
inflationary pressure on everything plus helping to push the country into
recession.

Short term there is little government or anybody else can or should do as
world wide demand is way over stripping supply. Furthermore, greed and
excessive profit taking are adding to the misery. Taxing policies should be
evaluated to reduce excessive windfalls by some in the industry.

Long term the US government should sponsor and promote an energy "Apollo"
program to develop alternatives to petroleum, coal and other fosil fuels.
The major goals of this program should be to stabilize fuel prices, reduce
carbon emissions, reduce US dependency on foreign sources of energy, Improve
the US balance of payments, Reduce the influence of oil on foreign relations
and policy. Provide business opportunities for small and medium sized
businesses, Create thousands of job opportunities, and improve the state of
the American economy.

The govenment should streamline the permitting process for nuclear power and
promote its advancement and use. The government should provide grants,
loans, funding and contracts to Universities and private industry to develop
and promote other alternatives such as wind, solar, geothermal, tides, bio
fuels, etc. Nothing should be off of the table.

The goverment should evaluate taxing policy, tariffs, regulations,
subsidies, amortization, leases, permits, laws, interest rates and other
factors to accelerate the above energy goals.

Failure to get a handle on runaway energy prices could imperil Western
Industrial Civilization, creat a world wide depression and litterally drive
us back into the stone age. There is no way energy prices can continue to
increase at the rate of the last several years for very long without serious
consequences to our way of life. We must act now.


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