The US Wants to Close an ‘SUV Loophole’ That Supersized Cars
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Re: The US Wants to Close an ‘SUV Loophole’ That Supersized Cars
#2Great news. Long needed simple fix for climate. The highest sector for GHG emissions in California for example, is transport.
Re: The US Wants to Close an ‘SUV Loophole’ That Supersized Cars
#3Relevant NJB video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo
Re: The US Wants to Close an ‘SUV Loophole’ That Supersized Cars
#4Great news. Long needed simple fix for climate. The highest sector for GHG emissions in California for example, is transport.
This is not in any way a "fix." It's a bandaid on a shotgun wound, at best.
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#5Great news. Long needed simple fix for climate. The highest sector for GHG emissions in California for example, is transport.
As much as I agree that this is great news, I would like to see something that isn't focused exclusively on emissions - or even weight for that matter. As important as those are, I would also like to see something that focuses on size as well. There is so much potential in small vehicles, but it is stymied by the proportion of over-sized vehicles on the road. Something to short circuit the 'visibility arms race' would be welcome in my opinion.
Re: The US Wants to Close an ‘SUV Loophole’ That Supersized Cars
#6Great news. Long needed simple fix for climate. The highest sector for GHG emissions in California for example, is transport.
As much as I agree that this is great news, I would like to see something that isn't focused exclusively on emissions - or even weight for that matter. As important as those are, I would also like to see something that focuses on size as well. There is so much potential in small vehicles, but it is stymied by the proportion of over-sized vehicles on the road. Something to short circuit the 'visibility arms race' woul…
Instead of taxing fuel, governments should tax mileage * weight (or perhaps mileage * weight^alpha for some alpha...)
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#7Let skilled labor get commercial driver's licenses to drive those huge trucks and get the rest of them off the road.
Re: The US Wants to Close an ‘SUV Loophole’ That Supersized Cars
#8Great news. Long needed simple fix for climate. The highest sector for GHG emissions in California for example, is transport.
This is not in any way a "fix." It's a bandaid on a shotgun wound, at best.
Transport is one the lowest-hanging fruits for fixing climate change with domestic heating.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
As much as I agree that this is great news, I would like to see something that isn't focused exclusively on emissions - or even weight for that matter. As important as those are, I would also like to see something that focuses on size as well. There is so much potential in small vehicles, but it is stymied by the proportion of over-sized vehicles on the road. Something to short circuit the 'visibility arms race' woul…
Instead of taxing fuel, governments should tax mileage * weight (or perhaps mileage * weight^alpha for some alpha...)
Why? Truck seamlessly and scalably move cargo for thousands of customers at once. Distributing that to hundreds of smaller trucks for tax efficiency would be worse for the env