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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 1496303" data-attributes="member: 2189">I understand that part of what you are thinking and you would be correct but the other part of this equation is that fossil fuel has enjoyed a privileged status for the last century even to the point now that oil has in many respects replaced gold as the commodity backing that keeps specifically our currency the dominate medium.&nbsp; Again, I like your thinking but the problem is way beyond what we do at the pump. I would also add that oil is the backbone of much of modern chemistry from agra petro chemicals to modern medical chemistry.&nbsp; This is all vastly bigger than what our choices are in what we put in our cars and how far they drive.&nbsp; IMHO, that $3 would just put more money into the hands of the very economic forces we are tying to break from.&nbsp; You assume the State which is connected at the hip to such oil forces would even allow us such choices once the $3 tax was in place.&nbsp; If not, what would we do then? But I do think a good first step is in we all realizing what we have now is NOT a free market regardless the BS fed to us out of the political and social control matrix.&nbsp; Or if it is a free market, our definition and their definition are not the same and in the case of the latter I do think there is much merit there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 1496303, member: 2189"] I understand that part of what you are thinking and you would be correct but the other part of this equation is that fossil fuel has enjoyed a privileged status for the last century even to the point now that oil has in many respects replaced gold as the commodity backing that keeps specifically our currency the dominate medium. Again, I like your thinking but the problem is way beyond what we do at the pump. I would also add that oil is the backbone of much of modern chemistry from agra petro chemicals to modern medical chemistry. This is all vastly bigger than what our choices are in what we put in our cars and how far they drive. IMHO, that $3 would just put more money into the hands of the very economic forces we are tying to break from. You assume the State which is connected at the hip to such oil forces would even allow us such choices once the $3 tax was in place. If not, what would we do then? But I do think a good first step is in we all realizing what we have now is NOT a free market regardless the BS fed to us out of the political and social control matrix. Or if it is a free market, our definition and their definition are not the same and in the case of the latter I do think there is much merit there. [/QUOTE]

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