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On Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:08:22 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

> 	I really doubt it is a contest.  The contest is to get rid of 
pollution
> by fossil fuels and we all have to do that or we will smother in the
> future.
> I won't though because at 88 I don't expect to be around that much
> longer.  Everyday some optimistic news comes out about reducing the
> amount of heat retaining gases in the atmosphere.  Our gas in California
> is taxed as well.  A problem with electrically powered vehicles not
> using gasoline is replacing the taxes used for road maintenance which
> are derived from the Gas taxes.

There is another solution but it isn't very popular. If I remember my 
grade school statistics correctly the US population was about 160 million 
in the '50s. It's now more than 341 million. It may be the nostalgia of 
old age but I remember things being a hell of a lot better before the 
population doubled.