“Where’s That Energy Bill?” – Editorial – November 14, 2007
The Bush administration, the Congress and the American people just do not get it! We cannot continue to support our enemies by purchasing billions of barrels of oil from them, and we must immediately cease pumping unimaginable amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. There are several steps to be taken now: Place a $5.00 per gallon tax on gasoline. Forget Cap and Trade programs and place a stiff carbon tax on all major polluters. Pass legislation that mandates Detroit to improve gasoline mileage to 40 plus miles per gallon for all cars and trucks they produce by 2010.
On the front page of today’s Times there is an astounding statistic. In Iowa and New Hampshire only about 8 percent of Democrats, and an astonishing 1 percent of Republicans rank the environment as a key issue in the coming elections. And we wonder why there’s no energy bill?
Henry A. Lowenstein
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