From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sun Feb 09 2003 - 16:56:20 MST
Alfio Puglisi wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
>
>>### This is such a strong argument against gas taxes: taxing gas is
>>exchanging *human lives* for a pile of cash at the IRS.
>>
> You have it the other way around: taxing gas is saving lots of human lives
> from reduced pollution. And, as Lee said , big cars seem not to reduce the
> average mortality rate.
>
> Ciao,
> Alfio
Rafal had it right both ways. The U.S. has much stricter
emissions laws than China or India. Lower U.S. fuel taxes
encourage Americans to drive bigger cars and thus burn
more fuel cleanly. This increased demand for petroleum
drives up the price everywhere, including Asia where they
burn petroleum without so much as a catalytic converter
in many cases. So taxing gas in the U.S. increases
pollution globally.
spike
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