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Originally Posted by stovt001
Apologies to the mods for continuing this. I promise I won't get into gas prices vs alternatives again. I just want to say I think everyone totally misunderstood what I'm saying. It appears people think I'm arguing for government intervention of global warming policies. However, exactly the opposite is true. I oppose any government price manipulation, up or down. I believe that the market and the market alone should determine prices. I'm also very much against Gore and his followers. I believe global warming is a scam. To clarify my position, I'm simply stating that market conditions have created an environment that has brought popular attention to the inventions of brilliant Americans (as well as others) that would otherwise be ignored, and as such I oppose artificially lowering prices because it would stifle this free market innovation. Sorry for bringing this up again, but I wanted to clarify because it looks like much of this debate resulted from me not being as clear as I should have.
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I hope that this gas price situation is temporary, like it was in the 70's.
Your point about the current market forcing new innovation is valid. I just hope that 'we' can use this as inspiration to work on the future tech AND also get lower prices back. I am optimistic that this gas price increase will spur development, and I
hope that we will pursue ALL energy options even if prices go down some.
I believe in global warming... there was an ICEAGE and then the globe warmed....
