The_vagabond7 said:
I don't really care about this issue, but from a logical standpoint I have to intervene. I think it's more about excess than actual percentile harm done. A person that is driving a H2 two blocks in a crowded city and then let's it idle for an hour would be considered worse than the person living in a one bedroom apartment with his thermostat set on 71 regardless of which is doing more harm over all. It's the being callous and needlessly excessive polluter that is focused on, rather than the person going about their daily business in a moderate and concientious way. |
I guess my point is that there is so much tax and government concentration on the car, when most of the time it's necessary, aprt from major cities, public transport has a long way to go, and yet there are better things governments could be spending their time and energy on, rather than painting all motorists as (to use your example) people who drive horribly inefficient cars and only drive two blocks in them. Most people I know who commute by car have at least a 30 min drive on dual-carriage/motorway. Just a few wasteful % drive 2 blocks. And if in America it's more than that, then I think the US government should fill the budget defecit by rasing fuel to what we pay, about £1 a litre, or $1.50 a litre.