Thursday, May 29, 2008

Who Really Gets Hurt By Environmentalists?

The enivro-nazis have a little trick they want to pull over us. They want what amounts to a penalty on people who drive "wasteful vehicles" or in other words, SUVs and trucks. What these people fail to realize is that alot of people have a very legitimate reason to drive such vehicles. It could be that are in an industry they need a truck. Construction, agriculture, maintenance, transportation, lawn care, and many other industries need their trucks. A big tax on these would be a devastating blow to the men and women already struggling to fill their gas tanks and still turn a profit. What about the people who have a large family? My Aunt and Uncle have 7 kids and drive a Chevy Suburban. I doubt anyone in their right mind would try to fit 9 people into a little hybrid tin can. Another Aunt and uncle have 8 kids and drive a Ford Clubwagon. It is not wasteful for these people to have large vehicles, it is not only practical but necessary. Churches, Schools, and Boys and Girls Clubs often use large "wasteful" vehicles to transport people around, to those get taxed too? What happens if a carpool group uses a larger vehicle? Do some people get breaks on this tax? if so, who decides it? Will it become a method for legislatures to "buy" votes from the "gimme culture" so prevalent in America today? Do some people drive larger vehicles than they need? perhaps, but many people need the larger vehicle, and it is much less wasteful for one Suburban to be on the road than three or four Civics.

1 comment:

(The Korean) Andrew said...

I have no problem with trucks. Trucks are necessary. You can tote a family of 7 around in a minivan at 30mpg over 20mpg.

SUV's are simply wasteful. Not one single American built SUV is designed for actual off road use, they're an image of ruggedness that people are compelled to waste gasoline that could go to better use. While I have no statistics, the majority of SUV's I see on the road have 1-4 people in them. A coup that gets 35mpg can carry that many people and have room for their stuff in the trunk.