On Apr 17, Scott Rose wrote:
If (like me) you like to start your day with a dose of outrage--
outrage!-- you may enjoy this paragraph most:
Several bills floating around Congress, for instance, have
proposed tax
incentives to buyers of hybrid cars, irrespective of their gas
mileage.
Thus, under one failed but sure to resurface formulation, the
suburbanite who buys a hypothetical hybrid Dodge Durango that
gets 14
miles per gallon instead of 12 thanks to its second, electric power
source would be entitled to a huge tax incentive, while the buyer
of a
conventional, gasoline-powered Honda Civic that delivers 40 miles
per
gallon on the open road gets none.
Ah! That *burning* sensation I crave sets the tone for the *whole
day*.
Heh, you like that "burning sensation?" Check out the GM "hybrid"
pickups that have no electric motor at all:
<http://www.hybridcenter.org/hybrid-watchdog-whats-in-a-name.html>
All they do is shut off the engine at stop-lights and in stop-and-go
traffic. Presto! Big profits for GM and a tax deduction for you!
Me? I've been waiting for a tax deduction on the human-electric hybrid:
<http://todd.cleverchimp.com/blog/?p=89>
<http://todd.cleverchimp.com/blog/?p=77> [Mike Leger, not me]
But given the current political climate, I think I'll have to be
*veeeeeeeeery* patient.
Michael Lemberger
Jenifer St., Madison
PS The April issue of Sustainable Times has a lot of cycling stuff in
it. Check out page 15...
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