Originally Posted by
Lookin2GoFA$T
In my opinion, a 55mph speed limit would be ok in some areas for safety reasons. The real solutions to our energy crisis will be the heavy taxation on all new suv purchases. I mean, if you can buy a $60,000 yukon from dick norris gmc and keep it filled with gas, you can afford to pay an extra $10,000 in taxes so that tax on gas at the pump can be lowered significantly.
Yeah, it's called the gas guzzler tax. Read:
Vehicles that get at least 22.5 mpg (combined) don't have to pay the Gas Guzzler Tax. The Tax rate goes from $1,000 for vehicles that get at least 21.5 mpg (combined), but less than 22.5 mpg (combined) all the way up to $7,700 for vehicles that get less than 12.5 mpg (combined).
The kicker is that SUV's are not included in this. The law was inacted in 1978, so SUV's weren't a factor. Imagine the taxes that would be raised with $7700 for every new large SUV sold... use that money for healthcare, or schools, or Mars!
He starts saying how this only effects 2% of the roads in the US. Then he goes on to saying 1/3 of our daily traffic is on the interstate and thats not all of the 55mph+ zones. He is using numbers to to make things look differently. He then says that if the states could change it from 55 to 65mph there is 'only' a .18% difference.
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we used 360,000,000 gallons a day in 2003
lets say we are using the same amount and now the cost is at 3.85 thats 1,386,000,000 a day. 1,386,000,000 x .018. That 'only' .18% difference is now 24,948,000 A DAY LESS. And we dont have a 65 ours is 70 so its even more. Im sure that could help boost the economy quit nicely instead of sending it back overseas.
Update the math skills. 0.18% is a .0018 multiplier. No one gives a damn about $2.5m if we're over $1.4b per day. That's why we use percent figures in the first place... to show how insignificant things are.