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  • From: "Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Morning musing
  • Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:44:06 -0800

WAIT! Hold one, I missed that one. What tax write off for SUVs?

BTW, the government has worked hard to see that real high MPG cars aren't on the road. The feds blocked CA from requiring more high MPG cars from being sold in CA. As soon as they blocked the law and the lawsuit, GM pulled their electric cars which people were VERY happy with, were very economical and would have put a big crimp in the sales of gas guzzlers!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>


It can also require car companies to produce higher mpg cars, which is
what people are looking for anyway, and get rid of the tax write off
for SUVs. And it can tax gasoline <gasp> to induce people to drive
less on their own.

All the alternate
fuels and alternate energy will fall very short of making up the diffefence when
oil goes into decline in earnest. Yet, what is the government doing?
Pushing ethanol. Alas, energy-wise it takes about a gallon of ethanol to make a
gallon of ethanol. Biodiesel is a little better, but only a little.

I can't say that I disagree much.

We've just got to stop moving around so much and heating such big houses.

I've kept the house below 60F for the last two winters. Which makes me
suffer in the heat at work, but -- hey -- layers are now fashionable.
At home I wear Carhardts.






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