Tony wrote:
What we need to do is increase the Federal excise tax on gasoline to $1.00
per gallon or more, this will force gaz guzzling Americans to conserve,
promote alternative energy, decrease profit to the oil companies & market
speculators, fund new technology, and help pay some debt (like from our wars
in the middle east-over oil).

No, we need to force oil companies to allocate a huge percentage of
profits into alternative energy development. Speed up hydrogen
technologies, etc.