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Replying to: mlbender (Jun 01, 2006 6:36 pm) |
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Replying to: jim314 (Jun 02, 2006 5:52 am) |
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Replying to: gagrice (May 30, 2006 5:23 am) Chuckle...point of fact...steel service station tanks have been replaced with Fiberglass due to the corrosive effects of gasoline. Millions are being spent NOW to replace the steel tanks that pollute ground water. One regular poster reported this morning that regular unleaded is selling at $2.39 in parts of Ohio. Will an Iowa farmer pay an extra $10 for every 100 miles he drives his PU truck to support Ethanol in his state? Surprise!...Ohio gasoline is one of the lowest prices in the USA...must be the taxes...this has been the case for the last few years that I am aware of. $10 extra to drive 100 miles...??? Lunch time ...I'll bring the bread for the sandwich! |
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Additional ways to help remove foreign control over oil imports is to economize: 1. Increase CAFE standards by at least 20% 2. Go back to the 55 MPH national speed standards. 3. Increase fines to discourage NASCAR wannbees ($10,000 fine and auto confiscation for speed over 100MPH). 4. Add $1,000 a year tax on new V8s and $500 tax on V6s. ...and the list goes on and on and on...!
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Replying to: seniorjose (Jun 03, 2006 7:33 am) |
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Replying to: seniorjose (Jun 03, 2006 7:14 am) Most drivers should see about 5% less mileage with E10. To me that is significant enough.
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Replying to: seniorjose (Jun 03, 2006 7:33 am) So a 2.4 liter 4 cylinder Subaru Legacy with an automatic transmission that gets worse mileage than a V6 Toyota Camry doesn't get hit with the tax while the more efficent V6 does? |
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If you want to tax based on Engine size, HP, etc. use some commone sense. It would be much simpler to just tax based on EPA ratings. Draw some simple lines: ie >30 mpg no tax, 25 to 29 pay $500, 20-24 pay $1000, etc. It makes no sense to me to tax a larger engine size if it more efficient.
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Replying to: catam (Jun 03, 2006 11:16 am) We do that with gas tax. The more you use the more you pay. I think what you have in mind is similar to the CAFE regulations. How they got around it was removing large vehicles from the regs. Efficiency would have to be based on weight to mileage ratio. A GM fullsize PU truck is 30% heavier than a Camry XLE V6. Yet the much lighter Camry only gets about 22% better mileage than the fullsize PU Truck. The 5.3L V8 in the PU truck is much more efficient than the 3.5L V6 in the Camry. Plus the Camry has a much better drag coefficient. So how many years before Toyota offers a Flex fuel Camry? |
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Replying to: seniorjose (Jun 03, 2006 7:14 am)
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