Cheap gas is no longer compatible with a secure nation, a healthy environment or a healthy economy, says the NYT. A gas tax would encourage conservation and keep profits away from the Saudis and other producers while providing funds to invest in alternative energy and replace SUV gas guzzlers with more efficient vehicles.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/102605EA.shtml

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All Car, No Future

It's up to the government to reduce our dependence on the automobile, a wound for our planet, argues the assistant mayor of Paris.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/102605EB.shtml