"It's kind of scary because you just don't know where it's really going to end up"Sorry, Rick. I know exactly where this is going to end up.
- 50 mph national speed limits
- Caps on the number of miles you can drive per year without incurring special surcharges for "excess mileage"
- Building space consitioning temperature limits -- 80 F summer temperature limits and 65 winter temperature limits, first in federal buildings, then your office buildings, then your homes. Penalties for profligate and unconscionable consumption beyond your allowable baseline in your home.
- No more SUVs. Everybody driving a Prius
- $25 / day to park at your office building
- Forced carpooling. 2, 3 or 4 carpool lanes on the freeway with only one noncarpool lane for the GW deniers
- Monster penalty taxes on excessively large and environmentally destructive vehicles with the taxes paid immediately as a bonus for buyers of environmentally correct vehicles
- Federally mandated compact fluorescent bulbs and the outlawing of incandescents
- Complete slavery
Almost all of these things have already been introduced in various state legislatures
Where it WON'T wind up is drilling more holes in the ground to discover and exploit our God-given natural resources.
“Where it WON’T wind up is drilling more holes in the ground to discover and exploit our God-given natural resources.”
I lived through the Energy Crisis in the mid-70’s, thanks to Carter.
Excellent points, but you forgot to add the most important advice of all time from any President, Living or Dead, “Turn down your thermostat and put on a sweater.” *ROLLEYES*