How does the government encourage people to change their ways of driving? (e.g more eco friendly cars)?
category: Going Green
As in their choice of car (e.g more eco friendly ones) and how much they use it?
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category: Going Green
As in their choice of car (e.g more eco friendly ones) and how much they use it?
hybrids, cars that require less fuel instead of gas-guzzlers, cars like the smart car that partially run on a battery and partially run on cas, trucks that produce less pollution, so on and so on.
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people love hot car at a cheap price and if the goverment builds eco friendly cars and sell at a good rate then people would change and buy it.
There are two *very* simple ways for the US government to encourage consumers to buy eco-friendly cars:
1) Provide tax breaks for cars that achieve more than X miles per gallon of fuel economy. Conversely, place a special “gas guzzler” tax on cars that get less than Y miles per gallon. The gas guzzler tax actually already exists for cars that get ridiculously low gas mileage – like Ferraris – but it could be changed so that any car that gets less than 20 mpg is hit with an extra tax, while cars that get more than 30 mpg get a tax rebate.
2) The other easy way is simply to raise gasoline taxes. As we’ve saw in 2008, when gasoline is very expensive, people drive less and also buy more efficient cars (like the Prius). As the price of gas has dropped, so has demand for the Prius. Relative to Europe, US gas taxes (around 18 cents/gallon) are ridiculously low. According to Wikipedia, the Netherlands has a fuel tax of about $3.50 per gallon. That’s just the tax. It’s no wonder therefore that the Netherlands has some of the highest rates of bicycle usage, plus I’m sure most people who buy cars there prioritize fuel economy very highly.
Hope this helps! Reducing our dependence on foreign oil and weaning Americans from gasoline would be great for the environment, our trade balance, our national security and probably our health too!
- Aaron Dalton, Editor, http://1GreenProduct.com