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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
This.....is not new. Sorry to spoil the show for everyone...
Lutz has been pushing for a higher tax on gasoline to raise prices for years.
It's very simple...and makes perfect sense to me...
IF. IF...the gov't wants to make America's fleets more efficient, the most effective way to do that is to provide an incentive for buyers. In this case, the incentive is not being effected by high gas prices if you drive an efficient car. ("High" being relative to our past...it's still probably be cheap on the world stage....)
The thought is in direct response to the CAFE laws. It's a true shoot in the foot. The government regulates higher mileage vehicles -- BUT NOBODY BUYS THEM!!! Because when gas is cheap, nobody wants to buy smart...we all buy Suburbans for three-person families.
So the gov't is essentially ordering car manufacturers to build products there is no market for through the CAFE laws. The call for increased gas taxes is with the hopes they'll create that market.
But...back to the "IF". CAFE is stupid, and is the root cause of all of this. If you're angry with anybody it ought to be with that piece of poo regulation.
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I am really surprised that a site that is here because of the camaro appears to be supporting it's demise. Weather your talking about CAFE or taxing gas, it doesn't matter. All these things are an attempt to get rid of the the cars we love including our camaros so that we're stuck driving boring 50MPG boxes. Don't get me wrong these cars won't go away altogether ,but only the very rich will own them. There's a lot of oil out there to be had they just don't want to get because they make more money to keep supply down. When they can't get oil overseas any more then you can bet they will be drill here to keep business as usual. Keep prices high to maximize profit.