[extropy-chat] Re: peak oil debate framed from agametheorystandpoint ?

[Robert Lindauer]

On Sep 2, 2005, at 5:00 PM, spike wrote:

> With no tax, we could produce oil
> equivalents at about four bucks a gallon, perhaps less.  We would
> temporarily relax restrictions on water usage, such as pumping
> out of rivers, to establish corn, potatoes and rice on land
> that is currently not economical to farm.  It will cost us
> a few fish, but it beats the alternatives.


Much less than $4.00/gallon to produce alcohol even using market-rate 
refined sugar, btw.

Ethanol currently retails around 2.12/gallon in most of the midwest 
states and if you're in an e85 car in those states right now, you're 
lovin' life finally getting to say "I told you so" to all those 
gas-burners.

But I agree with you, taxation -in general- is regressive especially 
taxation of fuel and income.  And since firearms and tobacco are the 
only other things the federal revenuers really have their chubby little 
fingers in, let's just send them all home!

Robbie