Originally Posted by mwmistak
I'm not going to argue to tax or not to tax, but all of the south is not going to trade in their F-150s for Trek MTBs tomorrow if gas went up a dollar. Plus the Gov is not asking the residents of GA to conserve because it is in general the right thing to do. He is asking for conservation because it will take a hell of a lot of diesel to power the equipment that will be cleaning up the aftermath of Katrina and Rita.
They don't need to trade in thier F150s for Treks. What they need to do is stop racing from red light to red light and cut out non-essential driving. Human nature being what it is, asking us to conserve to alleviate a shortage only panics people into filling up so they dont run out.
My point is simple. If you raised the tax, it would get people's attention and they would be more likely to change thier behaviour.
Az