No, actually, the Sport is quite a bit smaller and lighter. And cheaper to run. I borrowed a friend's Grand for a roadtrip and though I know she gets all the scheduled tuneups and such it was about 30% more expensive to run. (I borrowed it because I needed to go right then and was worried about the transmission in mine). Since worked at the same office I frequently parked next to her and am quite sure about the relative size ;)
But ok, to return to your actual point :) How much market penetration is there really by the hybrids? So though I suppose it's a problem, I don't see it as much of one. You could just as easily increase taxes on the gas that is being sold. But that can't be sold to the Republican base so that won't happen ;) Instead let's tax gas conservation, now *there's* a plan <g> It would actually have a chance of passing since it does not affect Republican,s presumably ;) Let's see, if we need money for new infrastructure, we could: quit giving money to Halliburton quit giving money to Boeing pass on a congressional pay raise admit that Iraq is counterproductive just to thrwo a few ideas out there.... not that any of them has a hope in hell of being enacted :) Dana On 11/27/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My Grand Cherokee and your sport probably have the same frame, engine > and gas mileage. > > But in regards to the original post, it was regarding placing a tax on > hybrids because they cause the same amount of wear on the roads but pay > less into the fund that goes to repair them. > > Until a reasonable alternative is found and is able to be produced and > put into mass markets I'm not sure there is anything else we can do. > > I'm all for other sources of fuel, I'd be willing to bet that everybody, > including the major oil companies want to figure out what we are going > to do next. > > However, we have live within the means we have today. Right now almost > all vehicles run on crude based fuels, we allot money to roads based on > the amount that people use them, and we tax the consumers in a way that > up until now made sense. > > If we have something that is using the roads the same amount, but paying > less, then doesn't that sound like a problem? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 9:08 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Higher Taxes for Hybrids > > > > if you are looking solely at road taxes perhaps. What about pollution > > though? What about the consequences of reliance on a scarce and mostly > > imported resource? What about the wilderness areas that are going down > > the drain so people can drive these things? > > > > In all fairness I have to mention that my Jeep Cherokee is an SUV, > > strictly speaking. My excuse is that I drive one of the small ones -- > > the Sport model not the Grand -- and I do sometimes get onto roads > > that require the clearance. > > > > Dana > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184201 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
