From time to time when I’m in a car with someone, we’ll pass a gas station and the exorbitant price of gas will come up (currently seeing prices over $4 for regular unleaded in Seattle is not uncommon) and I’ll say something about how great I think it is because it’s finally starting to reflect the true cost of oil, as it should.

In yesterday’s Times, Tom Friedman posited the same thing:

the long-term answer is to go exactly the other way: guarantee people a high price of gasoline — forever.

YES! I love it. I also love the main point of Friedman’s column about gas prices which is about how great it would be if candidates for president had the balls to tell American’s the truth about these things. As he points out at the end, Obama told half the story when he called Clinton and McCain on the stupidness of their gas-tax holiday idea. When he’s elected, he needs to tell the whole story, and raise the gas tax so the price never drops below $4 again. I know people will hate this, but it’s still 1/2 the price it is in Europe, and they’re doing just fine.

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