Comments on: New CAFE Standards Mean Nothing without Consumer Dedication to Efficiency http://earthfirst.com/new-cafe-standards-mean-nothing-without-consumer-dedication-to-efficiency/ A Sharp Eye -- With a Green Edge Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:58:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David R. http://earthfirst.com/new-cafe-standards-mean-nothing-without-consumer-dedication-to-efficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-7393 David R. Thu, 28 May 2009 13:33:17 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=4274#comment-7393 The taste for gas-guzzling vehicles does seem to be uniquely American. We would need a massive transition if we adopted Europe's gas prices, because, AFAIK, Europeans use bicycles (or - gasp! - their feet) a lot more than Americans do. I do think a gas tax would be the best way to raise prices. The problem is, a lot of people would object to the government manipulating the economy. But who knows if the Invisible Hand will act fast enough to avoid serious trouble. The taste for gas-guzzling vehicles does seem to be uniquely American. We would need a massive transition if we adopted Europe’s gas prices, because, AFAIK, Europeans use bicycles (or – gasp! – their feet) a lot more than Americans do.

I do think a gas tax would be the best way to raise prices. The problem is, a lot of people would object to the government manipulating the economy. But who knows if the Invisible Hand will act fast enough to avoid serious trouble.

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