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To: Road Walker who wrote (356785)	11/1/2007 4:19:44 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) of 1570630

John, Look around you and you will see it's obviously not working. What if you had to pay $5K in license registration every year for a vehicle that gets less than 24 MPG. But if you buy a vehicle that gets 40+ MPG you get $5K a year? Would that alter most behaviour? Would people react pretty quickly? It's not working quickly, but I am sure fuel efficiency is on the minds of most car buyers. But it takes anywhere between 3 and 10 years for the entire fleet of cars / trucks to be upgraded / replaced. As far as reward / penalty, I don't think it would find much political support, because people like to talk what others should do, but don't want to be inconvenienced themselves too drastically. I think a general purpose CO2 tax, phased in predictably over years could be viable though, much more so than a shock therapy. Absolutely correct! What an opportunity to feed extra $'s that are currently going up in gas fumes back into the economy... and quit sending money to the Mullahs, Communists and nutty SA dictators. But... we have to act. And all I see is stupor from our lawmakers. Maybe they know more about their electorate... Joe

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