It's Official: SUV owners survive crashes 50% better

[mrplunkey]

Go Barry Go!!!

Obama and EPA Launch 34.1-MPG Fuel-Economy Rules for 2016

Cool! So richer people can pay the tax and people on tighter budgets can't.

Maybe our government can skip the middle step and just sell rich people permits to run over poorer ones. This is another example of us not doing government well.

 

[nimbus]

Go Barry Go!!!

Obama and EPA Launch 34.1-MPG Fuel-Economy Rules for 2016

the EPA doesn't have the authority to regulate fuel economy and the standards are actually CO2 emissions standards.

that said increases in vehicle fuel economy save consumers money over a vehicle's lifetime, reduce our dependence on foreign oil, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and create jobs. yay!

 

[nimbus]

Cool! So richer people can pay the tax and people on tighter budgets can't.

Maybe our government can skip the middle step and just sell rich people permits to run over poorer ones. This is another example of us not doing government well.

what tax are you talking about?

 

[PICK3]

my carbon footprint (as well as my cawk print) are huge!

 

[mrplunkey]

the EPA doesn't have the authority to regulate fuel economy and the standards are actually CO2 emissions standards.

that said increases in vehicle fuel economy save consumers money over a vehicle's lifetime, reduce our dependence on foreign oil, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and create jobs. yay!

So would making gas more expensive. $20/gallon sounds good to me.

 

[nimbus]

So would making gas more expensive. $20/gallon sounds good to me.

well, a gas tax decreases consumer surplus while more stringent (but not too stringent) fuel economy standards would increase it.


also i think climate change is a more significant externality than oil dependence, so i'd rather CO2 tax than a significantly increased gas tax. but neither are ever going to happen because new taxes are career suicide for a politician and almost impossible to pass

 

[PICK3]

I'll stick to my range rover.

I had you pegged as a Mercedes guy with a domestic diesel truck to pull your toys around

 

[miplank]

Wonder if his range rover spends as much time in the shop as plunk does traveling.

 

[mrplunkey]

what tax are you talking about?

Gas guzzler taxes for cars that don't meet standards.

 

[mrplunkey]

Wonder if his range rover spends as much time in the shop as plunk does traveling.

RR's are maintenance nightmares. Wifes BMW X5 is vastly better.