<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Reps to discuss dropping the tax break on massive SUVs]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by GreyFlcn http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/ Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:08:26 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/1 Makes sense, since they are

Makes sense since they are covering up the other loopholes in the CAFE.

]]> Makes sense, since they are

Makes sense since they are covering up the other loopholes in the CAFE.

]]> Comment #2 by GreyFlcn http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/ Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:35:06 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/2 Lol


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8kKju7YEXo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzdN2yjABPE

Cartoon put out by the American Petroleum Institute.



]]> Lol


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8kKju7YEXo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzdN2yjABPE

Cartoon put out by the American Petroleum Institute.



]]> Comment #3 by Ron Steenblik http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/ Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:00:07 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/3 Yes, but ... but ... but

What about flex-fuel Hummers? GM's CEO last December said all future models of the Hummer would be able to use high ethanol blends, like E85. If people stop buying gas ... er, I mean, ethanol ... guzzlers like the Hummer, where's all that ethanol going to go?!! The ethanol industry's looking at a possible glut because of over-capacity. It NEEDS big FFVs like Hummers!

(Sarcasm alert)

]]> Yes, but ... but ... but

What about flex-fuel Hummers? GM's CEO last December said all future models of the Hummer would be able to use high ethanol blends, like E85. If people stop buying gas ... er, I mean, ethanol ... guzzlers like the Hummer, where's all that ethanol going to go?!! The ethanol industry's looking at a possible glut because of over-capacity. It NEEDS big FFVs like Hummers!

(Sarcasm alert)

]]> Comment #4 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/ Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:06:08 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/4 Negative Energy Tax


Once upon a time, people thought we should have a negative income tax.

That is, we set some threshold, below which we understand that it's impossible to afford to live.  We then give those people refunds to bring them up to the level needed to participate in civilization.

Then we tax everyone above that.

We can do the same with energy usage.   Everyone basically gets a fixed set of BTUs for free.   But above that the cost becomes astronomical.

John Bailo
You Read It Here First


]]> Negative Energy Tax


Once upon a time, people thought we should have a negative income tax.

That is, we set some threshold, below which we understand that it's impossible to afford to live.  We then give those people refunds to bring them up to the level needed to participate in civilization.

Then we tax everyone above that.

We can do the same with energy usage.   Everyone basically gets a fixed set of BTUs for free.   But above that the cost becomes astronomical.

John Bailo
You Read It Here First


]]> Comment #5 by GreyFlcn http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/ Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:09:29 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/5 Does the current bill

Does the current bill block the Flex fuel CAFE decrease?

Where they got to decrease their CAFE by 0.9mpg ?

]]> Does the current bill

Does the current bill block the Flex fuel CAFE decrease?

Where they got to decrease their CAFE by 0.9mpg ?

]]> Comment #6 by Whiskerfish http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/ Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:55:37 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/6 uh-oh, Village Idiot Denier Guy...

...recycling an idea made prominent by George Monbiot?

Your people not paying you enough, Bailo?

Whiskerfish

]]> uh-oh, Village Idiot Denier Guy...

...recycling an idea made prominent by George Monbiot?

Your people not paying you enough, Bailo?

Whiskerfish

]]> Comment #7 by harry2008 http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:17:13 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/7 Dropping the tax break on massive SUVs

The explosion of SUV pickup and minivan sales in America's passenger vehicle fleet has turned this small business benefit into a massive loophole in the tax law. Currently 38 different passenger SUVs including the Lincoln Navigator which nets a combined 15 miles per gallon according to the Environmental Protection.
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Harry
car auctions


]]> Dropping the tax break on massive SUVs

The explosion of SUV pickup and minivan sales in America's passenger vehicle fleet has turned this small business benefit into a massive loophole in the tax law. Currently 38 different passenger SUVs including the Lincoln Navigator which nets a combined 15 miles per gallon according to the Environmental Protection.
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Harry
car auctions


]]> Comment #8 by Pangolin http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:38:41 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bummer-for-hummer/8 Tax Breaks?

$25K buys a Prius outright. That isnt a tax break but rather a payment to the shareholders of General Motors laundered through the tax system.

All for a vehicle that earns you the digitus impudicus from all and sundry. When you're not getting the itty-bitty pinch or laughed at at service stations. I like to go over and read thier totals; always a LOL event.

In a few years you won't be able to give those things away. Wrecking yards will force Hummer owners to pay a disposal fee.

Just try and find a used Prius that isn't overpriced.

Put the Carbon Back

]]> Tax Breaks?

$25K buys a Prius outright. That isnt a tax break but rather a payment to the shareholders of General Motors laundered through the tax system.

All for a vehicle that earns you the digitus impudicus from all and sundry. When you're not getting the itty-bitty pinch or laughed at at service stations. I like to go over and read thier totals; always a LOL event.

In a few years you won't be able to give those things away. Wrecking yards will force Hummer owners to pay a disposal fee.

Just try and find a used Prius that isn't overpriced.

Put the Carbon Back

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