""[A]ccording to a forthcoming report by researchers at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs," as reported by the New York Times the intellectual commandants of the Ivy League have determined:
"To meet the Obama administration's targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, some researchers say, Americans may have to experience a sobering reality: gas at $7 a gallon.
To reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the transportation sector 14 percent from 2005 levels by 2020, the cost of driving must simply increase."
This particular section of the Gray Lady is subtitled, "Nine billion People. One Planet." According to Wikipedia, the world's population stands today at about 6.7 billion people, and is forecast to hit 9 billion folks roughly forty years from now. As the story says, we can't afford to have that many people driving: "Researchers said that vehicle miles traveled will increase by more than 30 percent between 2010 and 2030 unless policymakers increase fuel taxes.""
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