hmm just to confuse the issue, it looks as though they are now making a Jeep Grand Cherokee Sport, which may be what you are thinking of. Mine is an older, smaller and boxier. Jeepier ;)
Anyway. We now return you to your previously scheduled rant... Dana On 11/27/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184203 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
