Gas Prices

[Giller]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

$30 gets me about half a tank usually. And you can't really depend on low gas prices because of the speculative way its traded.

Increasing the taxes on gas is just a bad idea. Six months from now there could be a war in the middle east and the speculators will drive prices through the roof again.

Higher gas taxes have worked just fine here in Canada. It costs us a bit more to fill up our car, but most of that money goes to keeping our bridges and roads in decent repair. Unfortunately, the money has to come from somewhere, so why not at least charge the people that use the roads/bridges through either a better toll system or gas taxes.