angus.. well... first of all.... you have to believe a lot of pretty pessimistic things like...
We are gonna run out of oil and it will be very soon... so soon that no alternative way of generating power or of powering our cars will be invented/get cheaper.
you have to believe that the environmentalist whack jobs are not pulling another of their typical cons on us.
You have to believe that big oil will wither and die if they don't sell oil... that their power and money will evaporate and that they won't control whatever alternative comes down the pike.
You have to believe that we are doomed unless big government takes us all by the hand and saves us.... that only environmentalists running government can save us... even tho.. it was environmentalists who lead big government by the hand that got us into this mess in the first place with their bans on nukes and new refineries and oil exploration and off shore drilling.
You have to believe that hippies on 20 acre farms will be powering our zero emissions cars and not giant agribusiness which will be bought out by oil companies... the refineries will be bathtub stills and not huge facilities owned by BP or chevron.
lastly... I like not having energy taxed... it shouldn't be... it lowers peoples standard of living... there is no need to do it other than to make government bigger which I think is a negative.
sooo.. the "burden" is twofold... you lose income you could be using for yourself and others and... you grow government to make your life more restricted and less free.
Why would I do that to myself? why would I wish such a thing on myself or my fellows?
lazs
