so, i think we (humanity and its technology) should always be moving forward...there's no reason to remain stagnant much less revert backward. i am a strong supporter of the production of cleaner, greener vehicles. many people have an issue with mandating our car manufacturers to produce better cars/trucks. so, i'm wondering about this: what if we index every car make model and year and categorize it for emissions and gas consumed. ok. now, what if we used that categorization to regulate how much driving someone can do in that car? better cars can be driven virtuously forever whereas dirty cars (such as hummers and big trucks/suvs) would have more restrictions on how much you could drive them per year. now, many will cry about freedom to drive anything anywhere for however long but i'm sure in the 70s some people still wanted lead in their gas, but that really wasn't what was best. businesses etc would get more drive time depending on need. comments!!!
2007-01-05 05:45:09 · 5 answers · asked by izaboe 5 in Environment
regulating is of course a problem. maybe we install meters that, once maxed, activate a kill switch in the car!!! hey, i'm not saying its far-fetched, but it could be done (perhaps a better way than this - people are pretty innovative)
2007-01-05 05:54:42 · update #1
i meant, NOT far-fetched
2007-01-05 05:55:16 · update #2
ok, people are so keen on having gps in their car these days...we could use it to track their mileage?
2007-01-05 06:09:30 · update #3
I see your point and do not have much of a problem with it. My only complaint would be there needs to be a cheap environmentally friendly car for people who are below Middle class. Right now as a college student who has to drive to work every day it would be disastrous if the gov where to tell me I can only drive my old Pontiac Grand am 50 miles a week! Or possibly I could gain mileage rewards for doing things to help out the enviroment like only flushing the toilet once a day or not buying any new goods for a month.
While your plan does sound good at first I am also not a fan of government regulations over the daily lives of the citizens. We could argue though that this is not regulation over citizens it is regulation over our shared enviroment but still. I like the government to not tell me how to live my life.
2007-01-05 05:55:52 · answer #1 · answered by dracaena 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I will control it and be the fuel zar. Guess where u would be on the rationing bit. Even the truck to bring u milk cant deliver until next month etc. We have too many laws already I don't want anybody making those decisions. In world war 2 we had gas rationing and it was a pain . I think they tried hard to make it fare but those that have will still get more than their share. Your main problem u don't understand . u don't want the gov. ruling your life. It could be much better if u would just study and find out that CO2 is not a problem. The plants love it and it accelerates their lives. The CO2 problem has already been eliminated by plants.
2007-01-05 07:53:27 · answer #2 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget the reasons, that is simply an invasion of privacy. Just like what books you read or what you do in your own home, it is none of anybody's business. The ACLU would jump all over that.
Turn it the other way. Give people who register their car and drive small amounts a tax break. Then you would be ok. Guess what, few would do it and the cost of such a government program would cost a fortune.
2007-01-05 06:43:53 · answer #3 · answered by Peter Boiter Woods 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a terribly bad idea, and variations of this have been considered in the past. Several ideas for electric cars have been looked at in larger american and european cities- i.e. like a loaner car program wherein you drive to a "park and ride" style lot, exchange your car for a city owned electric and commute to the downtown area for work, etc. Basically, electric cars were included in the mass transit\public transportation alternatives. However transportation systems like light\commuter rail, improved bus services and increased car pooling are cheaper (per capita) alternatives.
And as far as requiring greener, cleaner vehicles, the U.S. used to have CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards that regulated the auto industry to produce their fleet of vehicles to average something like 30 mpg. However, thanks to our great elected politicians, CAFE standards have not been tightened (requiring better MPG ratings) since ~1985, and the national average mpg has actually decreased since 1987!
2007-01-05 08:37:20 · answer #4 · answered by SweetRonnieB. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you police it?
2007-01-05 05:52:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋