Consumers are too stupid to make good choices

[kandrathe]

If you're burning that gas, then incorporated into the cost of that gas, probably through taxation, there should be an accounting for the environmental damage associated with it. Make the tax on the gas crippling enough, and nobody in their right mind will buy a gas guzzler unless they have a good reason, and even then, they have increased incentive to drive it less rather than more. That way, you don't have to ban anything, and you get a nice little revenue stream from anyone dumb enough to just burn perfectly usable fuel for no reason.

-Jester

Yeah, we got that. The government here gets about 30 cents a gallon for doing nothing. They didn't explore for it, drill it, refine it, or transport it. They just get 30 cents pure profit for every gallon, whether it costs 60cents a gallon or 4 bucks a gallon. They use it to make bike paths, rehabilitate deer that have been bitten by wolves, nature centers in the middle of nowhere for about 100 visitors a year, and handicap accessible wilderness trails.