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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
What if, instead of raising the gas tax (or just raising the gas tax), we increased the gas guzzler tax? So that the sticker price on your SUV would rise, say, $6,000? ($12,000 if it's a Hummer)
A nice alternative to the CAFE standards, in my view.
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No, because it's a fixed cost of ownership. The only good way to attack consumption is to increase its marginal cost.
And I believe that Hummers are exempt from the guzzler tax now, because of their size.
