THE SUV DEBATE

My musings have prompted quite a wealth of response over at Instapundit and elsewhere. Some good points. The problem is: Americans tend to blame everyone but themselves for higher gas prices. But when you’re actually going backward in fuel efficiency and your government subsidizes that trend, you have a problem. And when you’re a president who cozies up to the enemy in Saudi Arabia and then guzzles more gas than anyone else, you might begin to have a p.r. problem. I say: toughen fuel standards, double gas taxes, remove all tax breaks for SUVs and drill in ANWR. It’s a start. Oh, and if you live alone as more and more people do, and you live in an urban area, get a bike.