... and it's not a pretty picture. Rising gasoline prices are our fault. When I say our, I mean the American buying public.
How many gas guzzling 9mpg SUVs did you expect to put on the road before the demand for fuel exceeded supply? What were you
thinking?
While the car makers have circumvented the CAFE standards with these people moving behemoths disguised as light trucks,
it is the American public that have allowed themselves to become brainwashed into the whole macho-safe-ego-stroking SUV image.
News flash: They are not safe, they are dangerous. They are not macho, they are wasteful. And finally, do you really
need 3 tons of metal towering over others to feel secure? No, you only need the confidence that comes from knowing the love
of Christ.
Now we have politicians pandering to the same image by pushing for release of oil from the national reserve. HELLO!,
The national reserve is a hedge against supply shortages. We don’t have supply shortages. All of the gas stations I’ve
seen have plenty of gasoline. The politicians are looking for the simple sound-bite fix the the symptom, not addressing the
problem.
Why don’t these elected servants push to close the CAFE loophole for SUVs? How about extending the gas guzzler
tax to an annual tax on every gasoline consuming vehicle that gets less than 23mpg?
The solution lies not in increasing the supply, but curbing our unbridled demand.
