New York City, January 20, 2006

He has it - A PERMANENT GASOLINE TAX of $2.50 a gallon will
help save us from ourselves !

The four main outcomes from above simple and logical step are:

(1) it will make solar, wind and biofuels competitive with oil;

(2) it will change our behavior and we will lead G.M., Ford, and
Daimler Chrysler, to innovate;

(3) energy saving technologies, and green industries will be the new
industrial revolution;

(4) we will stop financing the terrorists with our own money spent on
oil purchases.

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FOLLOW UP OF January 24, 2006
The New York Times, under the title “Predicting Oil’s Effect On
America’s Future,” released its selection of the reactions to the above Friedman article on January 24, 2006.