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Originally Posted by boneheaddoctor
well look who the "FRONT" people for the "we use way too much oil" crowd are...limmo riding., palacial house owning, private aircraft flying energy hogs....
Lets see the people whining the most about this be required to practice what they preach or suffer public ridicule for being hypocrits. THose who are practicing what they preach are rare birds.
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We are all part of the problem. We need leadership. Congress can pass a bill to make much more stringent CAFÉ requirements over the next 7 years. Establish tough requirements for each class of vehicle. Gaining efficiency each year until in 2013 when the vehicles with the least and most efficient fuel consumption gets 25% or more improvement. We could do
half of that today just by getting rid of the biggest vehicles in each class of consumer vehicles alone. Business vehicles would require proof of utility if they are below minimum consumption.
A fuel consumption tax on license renewal would be applied. The better efficiency the lower the tax down to 0. Use the proceeds to pay to retire older vehicles. At 10 years (2016) mandate that vehicles that don’t get 30 mpg are off the road. At 15 years mandate it at 35 mpg. Business would pass their fuel costs off to the consumer and we get a major revolution in the auto industry for the deal. Could even help dig Detroit out of it’s bankruptcy spirals...
But no, instead of even hinting at that Congress does a rare by-partisan dog and pony show. What the he** is wrong with them?!