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Thoughts on the Gas Shortage in Nashville

September 20, 2008 – 11:23 am

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In case you haven’t heard, we are having a little gasoline problem here in Nashville. The problem is that most of he gas stations don’t have ANY gas.
This is very scary for the less-than-obvious reasons.
The basic problem is that a rumor [...]

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A Missed Opportunity

May 8, 2008 – 7:49 am

In October 2005 I wrote a post asking for a higher gas tax; I wanted taxes to create $5 gas. The idea (and by no means was it my idea) was that a higher gas tax would accomplish 3 things:

Higher gas prices would reduce consumption, thus lowering the base price of gasoline
Demand for fuel [...]

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