The government isn't going to change the laws because the legislators know they will get tossed out of office if they try. You can't effectively legislate behavior. People are going to do what they want.
Just look at California. The state government tried to dictate to the auto industry that by a certain date a percentage of all vehicles sold would be low emissions vehicles- hybrids, electric, etc. What happened? The auto industry has made a certain number of hybrid vehicles available, but at higher costs than comparable standard vehicles. Unsurprisingly, consumers (even in California) are choosing price over environmental impact. The percentage of hybrids being sold is nowhere near the targets that the legislature set, and there isn't a thing they can do to change that. You can't force people to buy something they don't want. On 1/8/07, Mary Jo wrote: > > > > That's why expecting consumers alone to impact the auto industry just > won't work. It has to be legislated. We need to demand our government pass > strict efficiency laws or this just won't change. > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224014 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
