Painful Prices Paid at the Pump

Painful Prices Paid at the Pump is a national issue that deals with increasing gas prices and nation's general position on public transit. This issue deals with the trade off between the balancing cheaper existing fuels, such as gasoline, with costly government funded public transit systems. The issue makes a reference to gallons, implying that nations use the real life English system of measurement and not the SI system.

Issue

Commuters are complaining about the ongoing rise in gas prices, causing a massive debate in the government about what should be done.

Debate options

1. "Who cares about a few trees?" says oil executive @@RANDOMNAME@@. "Gas prices are six @@CURRENCY@@ per gallon, and rising! There is lots of oil to be found in areas currently protected as parks! Solving our energy needs are more important than conserving the environment. Just give us permission to go in there and start drilling, and gas prices will plummet!"
2. "There are other ways to recover from the fossil fuel crisis besides ruining forests," says environmental activist @@RANDOMNAME@@. "We shouldn't just take the short way out and drill here. I suggest spending more money on public transportation systems and encouraging people to carpool - if people weren't so reliant on fossil fuel powered cars, we wouldn't be in this situation in the first place, and if we start using less oil, the price will drop with the demand."

Domestic impacts

Option 1

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It is believed that the first option significantly decreases the quality of the environment.

Option 2

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It is believed that the second option significantly increases taxes, but also slightly improves the quality of the environment.

United Nations impact

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Additional materials

• List of Issues
• NationStates Issues Thread on jolt forums discussing national issues