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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 805797" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>This would create some serious privacy issues involving the GPS units that would need to be attached to cars. You would also have people disconnecting their odometers to evade the tax. And, since fuel taxes are generally earmarked for road maintainence, such a policy would be unfair to the owners of high-efficiency cars which are generally smaller and lighter and less damaging to the roads.</p><p> </p><p>My personal opinion is that, instead of the federal governement trying to mandate fuel-efficiency standards, we should simply institute a $2 per gallon "deficit reduction tax" that would be levied on <em>fossil fuels</em>...and then let the <strong>free market</strong> decide the issue of fuel efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>This would create a huge demand for fuel efficient vehicles, as well as electric or biofuel-compatible vehicles. It would also help to wean us off of our addiction to cheap foreign oil.</p><p> </p><p>I freely admit to owning a gas hog; I have a 1976 Chevy 3/4 ton 4x4 truck parked behind my house. It gets about 8 MPG on a good day. <em>But I drive it only when I need to. </em>Last year, I drove it about 400 miles. There is absolutely no justification in this day and age for a person choosing to commute to work by themselves every day in a vehicle that gets 8 or 10 or 12 MPG. If they really want to it should be their right to do so, but they might make better choices if they had to pay $300 a week to fill the damn thing up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 805797, member: 14668"] This would create some serious privacy issues involving the GPS units that would need to be attached to cars. You would also have people disconnecting their odometers to evade the tax. And, since fuel taxes are generally earmarked for road maintainence, such a policy would be unfair to the owners of high-efficiency cars which are generally smaller and lighter and less damaging to the roads. My personal opinion is that, instead of the federal governement trying to mandate fuel-efficiency standards, we should simply institute a $2 per gallon "deficit reduction tax" that would be levied on [I]fossil fuels[/I]...and then let the [B]free market[/B] decide the issue of fuel efficiency. This would create a huge demand for fuel efficient vehicles, as well as electric or biofuel-compatible vehicles. It would also help to wean us off of our addiction to cheap foreign oil. I freely admit to owning a gas hog; I have a 1976 Chevy 3/4 ton 4x4 truck parked behind my house. It gets about 8 MPG on a good day. [I]But I drive it only when I need to. [/I]Last year, I drove it about 400 miles. There is absolutely no justification in this day and age for a person choosing to commute to work by themselves every day in a vehicle that gets 8 or 10 or 12 MPG. If they really want to it should be their right to do so, but they might make better choices if they had to pay $300 a week to fill the damn thing up. [/QUOTE]
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