Re: Time to cut our dependence on and therefore our interest in the...

Olly Mensch wrote:

Paul - surely you know the answer to your own question; it is not so
complex  or new- or different.  People -= all of us - some more, some
less - are driven by all kinds of motives to do what we do; not always
very sensible.  But we are free to do so,and industry is free to respond
to our foolishness,and pesent us with what they believe we want. Or even
vice versa.
It does not take an Einstein to figure that out - or to question it,
even though no one forces you to like it!.
Olly

Yes, Olly, we are all free to do what we want just so long as our pursuit of our freedom doesn't impinge on someone else's pursuit of their freedom. When we have a finite resource, such as oil, we cannot permit those who have money to waste the resource, because it impinges on the remainder of the population. Consequently, your argument fails that test, because if we allow people to purchase SUV's when they have no real need for the vehicles simply because they can, then their pursuit of freedom does impinge on everyone else's.

			Alan

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