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The Register Star has brought together a group of people from all over the Rock River Valley to serve on our Election 2008 Voters’ Panel. These men and women are Republicans, Democrats, Independents and Green party members. Some are high school students. Some are retired. And some fall in between those two age groups. They all share this: The upcoming election is important and voters do have voices. They’ll share them in this blog.

Archive for April 28th, 2008

Let’s Not Become Gasoline “Victims”

3 comments April 28th, 2008

We cannot allow ourselves to become gasoline price “victims”!  Sure, prices are up,  I don’t like it (I drive 48 miles round trip each day) and it’s easy to complain about.  The fact is, however, we can be in control of our destiny when it comes to travel and fuel use.  We can choose to drive reasonably sized vehicles; we can purchase hybrid vehicles; we can car pool; and for you lucky ones who live close enough to work you can ride your bikes.   I’m not sure that politicians can do anything about the high prices. What we can do, however, is insist that our politicians provide for more incentives for gas conserving vehicles for both the consumer to purchase and the manufacturers to develop.  Furthermore, we can expect our government to encourage and demand for increased research and development for more high tech batteries and hydrogen as fuel sources.  For a country as technologically advanced as the US, it’s pretty hard to accept that we are still years away from reasonable options in alternate fuel technologies. There is no overwhelming reason to drive gas guzzlers.  Do we really want to give the oil producers the kind of control over us that is currently happening?  Let’s take control and use lemons and make lemonade!

Jon Murray

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