Re: Chrysler sells all 6400 Dodge Challenger muscle cars

On May 9, 7:38=A0am, "$27 TRILLION to pay for Kyoto"
<rander3...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> A much-needed $260 million shot in the arm for Chrysler Canada.
> 6.1 litres, 425hp, mileage like a Durango SUV. =A0But do you know why
> this is no threat to the environment? =A0Because none of the buyers of
> these cars are going to use it as a daily driver. They will see
> weekend use in the summer, like most muscle cars.
> Which begs the question, why do they charge a $1200 gas-guzzler tax on
> it in Canada? =A0If you think about it, the guy who opts to drive a
> 200hp 6-cylinder as their daily driver is burning more fuel than a guy
> with the Challenger who drives a 4-cylinder to work.
> Environmental laws need "adjusting."

How do you really know when and how far such cars will be driven? SUVs
with ****y mileage are widely used for commuting, even with $4/gallon
gas. You still hear non-conscientious people saying "I can afford the
gas" - as if it's only about money.

That obsession with taxes shows the disconnect between physical
resources and dollar wealth. Money is not a true resource, just a
measure of what people _think_ something ought to be worth; to other
people, not the planet, which ought to be the benchmark for wealth.

Money has taken too long to reflect physical resource depletion. Few
cared to listen when these things were predicted long ago. They
assumed all they had to do was get a paycheck and resources would
materialize from Heaven.

E.A.

http://enough_already.tripod.com/money.htm

Nature can't hear your excu$e$.