Why Ford is going down the tubes

The United States should consider implementing a European-style gasoline tax if it hopes to deal with energy security and global warming, the head of Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday.

"The way to get at is to make an economic decision just like in Europe where the fuel prices are seven or eight dollars a gallon," Ford chief executive officer Alan Mulally said. "Then our behavior would change dramatically."

Well, yes. We'd be doing less driving, which means less wear on our cars, and more people entirely doing without. And this is the guy in charge of Ford's bottom line? Whether right or wrong, he's not the guy that should be saying it.

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