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To: John Koligman who wrote (173986)	12/28/2008 12:41:58 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

How am I gonna pull my boat?

To: John Koligman who wrote (173986)	1/1/2009 12:37:54 PM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 306849

Re: Why not a heavy tax on vehicles with engines over a certain size? Because it's gas consumption that you're trying to reduce, not engine size. There are cars with small high pressure turbo engines that get poor fuel economy, and there are cars with big, slow revving engines that get quite good fuel economy. Regardless of engine size, the quickest and easiest way to reduce fuel consumption is to drive less. Tax gas. The communist approach of micro-planning the transportation economy isn't as effective. Use price signals and market forces to reduce fuel use. Tax gas.