<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for California mulls nation’s first feebate bill]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by GreyFlcn http://www.grist.org/article/feebate-watch/ Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:45:05 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/feebate-watch/1 "Feebate" doesn't describe it well

It's great for policy-head slang, however I find it's something that needs to be explained before you can understand what it means.

Essentially it's a "Robin-Hood Principle" for Car Purchase Costs.

Raise the cost of gas guzzlers, to pay for lowering the cost of gas sippers.

It has both a push and a pull effect towards shifting people to greener cars.

AND research has shown that changing the cost of the car, rather than changing the cost of the fuel has a far more profound effect on changing consumer's buying habits.

]]> "Feebate" doesn't describe it well

It's great for policy-head slang, however I find it's something that needs to be explained before you can understand what it means.

Essentially it's a "Robin-Hood Principle" for Car Purchase Costs.

Raise the cost of gas guzzlers, to pay for lowering the cost of gas sippers.

It has both a push and a pull effect towards shifting people to greener cars.

AND research has shown that changing the cost of the car, rather than changing the cost of the fuel has a far more profound effect on changing consumer's buying habits.

]]> Comment #2 by odograph http://www.grist.org/article/feebate-watch/ Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:05:09 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/feebate-watch/2 feebates

I don't think feebates are perfect, but they are probably more effective than (more easily gamed) CAFE-style regimes.

A world-wide carbon tax would be better, but I don't see that on the '08 or near-term radar.

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I don't think feebates are perfect, but they are probably more effective than (more easily gamed) CAFE-style regimes.

A world-wide carbon tax would be better, but I don't see that on the '08 or near-term radar.

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