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   From: none@present.com   
      
   "Alan Baker"  wrote in message news:m3bkmh$sum$1@news.datemas.de...   
      
   > On 2014-11-04 22:15:58 +0000, (ಠ_ಠ) said:   
   >   
   > > On 11/4/2014 2:08 PM, M.I.Wakefield wrote:   
   > >> Absolutely dead wrong.  Again.  Lower prices will increase consumption,   
   > >> which   
   > >> will mean more CO2 emissions, and increased global warming.   
   > >   
   > > People will start driving around and around the block, yelling out the   
   > > window: "Hey!  It's only a dollar a litre!"  ?   
   >   
   > People consume more...   
   >   
   > ...in this case, will make more discretionary trips...   
   >   
   > ...when prices are lower, Karen.   
   >   
   > Has this basic economic concept really eluded you until now?   
      
   People also hang on to their gas-guzzling, emission spewing, dumb-ass pickup   
   trucks for an extra couple of years.   
      
   In some cases, half the cost of an airline trip is fuel surcharges ...   
   surcharges come down ... people fly more.   
      
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