[Vwdiesel] Gas/Diesel Prices

[Bryan Belman]

Agreed, dropping the price will encourage waste Again
and again.

But, dropping the price for commercial drivers,
truckers, somehow, would help.
That would keep the cost of all goods being passed on
to consumers who are already feeling the inflation of
all things that need patrolium as a base or transport.

We can do many thing as a nation, but I would not hold
my breath for someone to figure out such a simple plan
like commercial discounts for fuel to
carriers..........that will never happen.


My 2 cents.

Bryan

--- Patrick Dolan <pmdolan at sasktel.net> wrote:

> I think the whole point is that dropping the price
> of diesel (or gasoline) is what ENCOURCAGES WASTE. 
> That is the difference bwtween Liberalism and
> reality.  In the world of the Politically Correct
> Looney Left, there are nothing but half-baked
> flashes of insanity - rather than well reasoned
> policy.  The world of actual free markets (that
> doesn't actually exist anywhere, but there are
> little bits of it around) dictates that causes and
> effects are reflected in the actual price ("fair
> market value"?), resulting in appropriate behaviour
> from all participants.  In the case of fuel,
> increasing price = increasing conservation and
> making alternatives practical (driven by real market
> forces rather that incredible stupidity of
> burearcrats and politicians).
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "S. Shourds" <sshourds at flash.net>
> Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:53 pm
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Gas/Diesel Prices
> 
> > Dave Cook wrote:
> > > Just one more example of something that our
> government doesn't 
> > do well.  To those who want to nationalize more
> and more parts of 
> > our daily life, I challenge you to name something,
> anything, that 
> > the government does well without wasting money. 
> To win, they have 
> > to do it better than private enterprises.  
> > >
> > >   
> > 
> > As someone working in a semi-governmental
> environmental concern, I 
> > think 
> > the sad truth is that we need them both
> involved--government and 
> > private 
> > industry.  Industry has the initiative, government
> has the broad-
> > based 
> > accountability.  Makes a heck of a mess but to
> paraphrase 
> > Churchill, 
> > it's the worst possible situation with the
> exception of every 
> > other 
> > possible one.    
> > 
> > 
> > I wouldn't, for example, mind if the US gov't
> wanted to encourage 
> > more 
> > efficient vehicles and dropped the priced of
> Diesel :)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -Shalyn, the token big-government liberal :)
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Bryan Belman, Pt Pleasant, NJ
04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp   -- running :)
82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA               -- running :)
92 Jetta 1.6 Eco-Turbo Diesel       -- running :)
70 Type 1 stock Beetle              -- Not running :(