woiyo wrote:mysteryman wrote:woiyo wrote:mysteryman wrote:Quote:All I am saying is that a tax of 100% be placed on any car sold in America that does not get 40MPG by next year. Those who have old gas cars can do what they want with them.
So, you would place a retroactive tax on any of this years models that dont get sold by next year?
What about trucks?
Are you gonna place a 100% tax on them also?
What about any other diesel powered vehicle, or on any other gas powered vehicle that doesnt meet your fuel standards?
Where do you draw the line?
CARS!! Any Car available for sale that does not get 40 MPG...100% tax. Gas or diesel. Include light duty trucks in there is you want to. I do not care.
You didnt answer my question.
If GM builds a car today, BEFORE your 100% tax, and that car isnt sold by the time your tax goes into effect, will you still tax that car?
If you would, isnt that punishing GM for abiding by the law?
You cant punish GM for violating a law that isnt in effect yet.
Are you also saying that other vehicles dont pollute, or are you saying that they dont count?
How else can you force GM to make feul efficient cars if there is no incentive for them to do it.
GM can build what they want. Gm would build what they can sell. If fuel standards are established, GM would build cars that meet that standard, else, no one would buy it if it is taxed at x%.
That is my theory. Agree?
If the US adopted European standards, we would not need to import oil. Agree?
Why wouldnt we?
We would still face the same problem we face now.
The analogy I like to use is a bathtub.
We are using water out of that bathtub at a certain rate, and unless we refill the bathtub, it will run out.
No matter how slowly we use the water, if we dont refill it it will get mt.
I do support alternative energy sources, but until we find and perfect those alternative fuels we still need oil, even for the short term.
