Here's another reason I'm glad I drive a hybrid. For those of you who don't want to register with the New York Times to read Thomas Friedmn's columns--although that alone is worth the three minutes it takes to register, and they don't send spam--he proposes a $1 per gallon gasoline tax, with rebates to truckers and farmers, to solve many of America's problems.
In sum:
"A tax that finances the democratization of Iraq takes money away from those who would use it to spread ideas harmful to us, weakens OPEC, makes us more energy independent, reduces the deficit and overnight improves the world's view of us — from selfish, Hummer-driving louts to good global citizens — would be the real patriot act. (It would also encourage Iraq not to become another oil-dependent state, but to build a middle class by learning to tap its people's entrepreneurship and creativity, not just its oil wells.)"
Friedman also goes through the reasons George W. Bush will never consider this obvious solution.
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