At 12:39 AM 4/29/99 -0400, Michael wrote:
>Yeah, it's time we raised it to somewhere near the level of European
>prices -- about $5.00/gallon. That would begin to cover the hidden costs
>of environmental destruction, wasteful use of raw materials,
>uncontrollable sprawl and ... wars waged on countries like Iraq to keep
>the prices down at artifically low levels.
AMEN! TESTIFY, BROTHER!
>Raising the price of fuel would, overnight, change the physical
>appearance of the country and cut off the life-support system that fuels
>the Big Box. You'd see chauffeur-moms (and dads) driving Honda Civics
>instead of gas-guzzling SUVs. The US might begin to look something like
>Sweden ...
I don't kow if I want it to look like Sweden. I'd be happy if it looked like
the good ol' USA---of about 1650!
Oh, OK, we'd have some cities, but they'd have to be NICE cities---walkable,
clean, human-scaled.
DEATH TO THE BIG BOX!!!
Now, if you wanted to really pinch someone where it hurts, why don't we have
a "BIG BOX-OUT" and refuse to shop at your local Wal-Mart, Target (though I
love Target's stuff, they deserve to get slapped hard for that Graves
thing), Lowe's, Menard's, Meijer, Riggs, whathaveyou. Throw in the suburban
malls as well.
Watch'em squirm!
Mark
>Yeah, it's time we raised it to somewhere near the level of European
>prices -- about $5.00/gallon. That would begin to cover the hidden costs
>of environmental destruction, wasteful use of raw materials,
>uncontrollable sprawl and ... wars waged on countries like Iraq to keep
>the prices down at artifically low levels.
AMEN! TESTIFY, BROTHER!
>Raising the price of fuel would, overnight, change the physical
>appearance of the country and cut off the life-support system that fuels
>the Big Box. You'd see chauffeur-moms (and dads) driving Honda Civics
>instead of gas-guzzling SUVs. The US might begin to look something like
>Sweden ...
I don't kow if I want it to look like Sweden. I'd be happy if it looked like
the good ol' USA---of about 1650!
Oh, OK, we'd have some cities, but they'd have to be NICE cities---walkable,
clean, human-scaled.
DEATH TO THE BIG BOX!!!
Now, if you wanted to really pinch someone where it hurts, why don't we have
a "BIG BOX-OUT" and refuse to shop at your local Wal-Mart, Target (though I
love Target's stuff, they deserve to get slapped hard for that Graves
thing), Lowe's, Menard's, Meijer, Riggs, whathaveyou. Throw in the suburban
malls as well.
Watch'em squirm!
Mark