>CSI president Pam Solo said: "Americans have seen too much >price gouging and too little action from Washington on >energy prices, fuel-efficient vehicles and our dangerous >reliance on foreign oil. The benefits of making 40 miles >per gallon the standard for all autos in the United States >are obvious to Americans: consumers save money; we reduce >our dangerous reliance on Middle Eastern oil, making us >more secure in the world; air pollution is reduced; and >we can cut the U.S. contribution to global warming by nearly >a third. Greater fuel efficiency makes sense, it is >technologically possible, the benefits are real and the >challenges can be overcome."
Where in the basic definitions of capitalism does price gouging even exist? This seems like people are putting a moral demand on companies not to profit as much as the market will bear. Sounds sort of socialist to me... I personally think that capitalism is a lousy system of economics because it discourages human compassion if properly practiced. It just happens that most other systems tried have turned out even worse in practice, so a somewhat regulated system of capitalism seems to be the least worst option at this point. Zeke _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
