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Personally I'm sad to see this lowered as I think it set up good incentives. High taxation in general, plus high car taxation, means that taxes will be allocat

Personally I'm sad to see this lowered as I think it set up good incentives. High taxation in general, plus high car taxation, means that taxes will be allocated towards alternative transportation options. In Denmark this has meant bicycle infrastructure and culture which has been shown to make humans both happier and healthier. Not to mention that older cars means a lighter touch on the earth (heavy metals, fuel, etc). Taxation is a good way to apply pressure, and I think we often overlook the power that high taxation has for good policy. Instead we get lower taxation and 'let the market decide' which often results in a more wealth inequality and worse pollution among other things.

Zekio 9y ago
"Not to mention that older cars means a lighter touch on the earth (heavy metals, fuel, etc)." ??? older cars doesn't mean a lighter touch on earth in relation to fuel, they can generally drive a shorter distance on the same amount of fuel and likely also have worse filters
- opencl 9y ago
  Producing more cars obviously uses resources. Looking at EPA numbers fuel economy improvements in recent years seems to have been minuscule. From 2007 to 2017 the Corolla went from 31mpg to 30, the Focus went from 27mpg to 28, the Highlander saw zero change at 22mpg. https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=23549 https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=23549 https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/38152.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/38152.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/22758.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/22758.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/38473.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/38473.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/23765.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/23765.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/38414.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/38414.shtml
- rcxdude 9y ago
  Unless it's doing a lot of miles, energy cost of building new car > energy use difference between new and old.
comcastic123 9y ago
You claim that lower taxes makes inequality, but think about the poor people who would be locked out of owning a car if the taxes went up to some arbitrary amount - they literally wouldn't be able to get to certain jobs.

Zekio 9y ago

"Not to mention that older cars means a lighter touch on the earth (heavy metals, fuel, etc)." ??? older cars doesn't mean a lighter touch on earth in relation to fuel, they can generally drive a shorter distance on the same amount of fuel and likely also have worse filters

opencl 9y ago
Producing more cars obviously uses resources. Looking at EPA numbers fuel economy improvements in recent years seems to have been minuscule. From 2007 to 2017 the Corolla went from 31mpg to 30, the Focus went from 27mpg to 28, the Highlander saw zero change at 22mpg. https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=23549 https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=23549 https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/38152.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/38152.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/22758.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/22758.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/38473.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/38473.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/23765.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/23765.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/38414.shtml https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/38414.shtml
rcxdude 9y ago
Unless it's doing a lot of miles, energy cost of building new car > energy use difference between new and old.

comcastic123 9y ago

You claim that lower taxes makes inequality, but think about the poor people who would be locked out of owning a car if the taxes went up to some arbitrary amount - they literally wouldn't be able to get to certain jobs.