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Originally posted by gaijindabe
Just like wind power propped up by tax credits - when it is costing us more than it is worth - it is time to come up with better ideas..
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I agree completely. We need to keep government out of the way and let market forces decide what is needed. As long as government meddles with various visible and hidden "incentives" such as the oil depletion allowance and other gifts to "big oil", the true price of petroleum isn't being paid. If the real price of a gallon of gasoline should be $5.00 then let it be $5.00, or whatever the real price should be, and that price will provide incentive enough for alternatives, without petroleum free to float up, if indeed there is a shortage, then that artificially low price is thwarting competing alternatives.
We must also deal with the possibility that there will be enough petroleum to prevent a competitive alternative fuel for several generations. And whatever else we may do, we must prevent government and vested non-governmental agencies from using scare tactics to relieve us of our private wealth and property.