thereisnospoon
Gold Member
Carbon footprint? Please tell me you do not buy into that horseshit.The main problem with obaabaa increasing fuel efficiency is that cars have become remarkably less safe. If you wanted real fuel efficiency you could make cars out of cardboard.
Yup. We the taxpayer are funding GM which produces the Volt.
The Volt has already been recalled because it catchs fire.
The Volt is electric. No gas but how much does it cost you to charge it up??
Don't think anyone is gonna save money with that white elephant.
You would save money, and although I suspect you don't care, you would reduce your carbon footprint as well, regardless of the source of your electric. Your power plant is far more efficient in creating energy than an ICE designed to move a single ton of steel and cargo, where much of the energy is exhausted in the form of heat (from the pipes, the radiator, and directly from engine components).
It's an economy of scale.
Look sunshine..There is NO savings.
Do you really think that the federal government is going to watch their revenue stream from federal fuel taxes fall as more fuel efficient vehicles come to the market?
Think about it....The current fleet avg EPA rating is around 30MPG..
By 2020 Obama's demand is 54.5 mpg.....That means if miles driven continues to increase at the same pace it has over the last 40 years, in order for the fuel tax revenue to remain level, the number of miles driven per year would have to increase by 80%...Obviously that is not going to happen. And as we all know , government ALWAYS gets their money.
Increasing the fuel tax in politically improbable. Most likely impossible.
So a new tax has to be created. This is why the federal government and some states have been looking into mileage or more accurately "movement" taxes.
This will be accomplished by a mandated installation of GPS tracking devices in all new autos beginning with a certain model year. All older vehicle owners would be slapped with an additional tax or must pay a fee to have the device installed.
So don't try to pull the wool over our eyes. We're calling bullshit on you and the government.