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                                   "Open the pod-bay doors, Hal."
Professor Loewenstein said a gradual increase in the gasoline tax, as opposed to market-driven price increases that he said benefited mainly oil producers, would help the federal budget deficit and decrease dependence on foreign oil by encouraging conservation.