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Ex-Nay on the 55 guys. It was bad thirty years ago and it's more so today. Time has value. The U.S. is a free society, not a socialist one. A person can voluntarily drive 40mph to save fuel on the backroads right now if they want. For those who want to pay a little more to save some time, that's the individual's choice.
Besides, there is no shortage of oil and there never was. The high prices we're seeing are from speculator greed. Pure and simple. They can do the same thing with hydrogen, vegetable oil, uranium, or coal. Yeah, I know, not very pleasant to ponder.
The Russians have taught for over fifty years that "fossil fuel" is a lie, that oil comes from the earth below the crust layer, and that it is thermodyamically impossible to convert a dead animal into oil. Read the science before you scoff...their argument makes a lot of sense.
We should be good stewards of the planet. But society should not have to take a huge step backwards to satiate the greed of a guy on Wall Street. There has to be a better answer.
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- Jim
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