Oh yes taxes, that's just what those addicted-to-money gov't folks need ... more of our money to waste. Besides, if the government gets any
more revenue from energy consumption, you could slowly, gradually see attempts to conserve be diminished or disappear.
Instead of taxes, I'd just as soon let market forces start dictating behavior ... as they are already doing. Smart people are downsizing vehicles and driving less. Gas is taxed heavily enough already.
What I was hoping for, when I started this thread, is some data people knew about to show how much we might save. Unfortunately, the only thing I've got is a homemade chart I found in that other thread, the one
Lazarus referenced.
Using my eyes to add values to the lines on that chart, I figured the cars were losing just less than 6mpg average ... about 14.3% I can't believe I'm losing that much with my stock '06 Honda ... maybe even less than half that.
Of course, I don't know the accuracy of the data ... nor where it came from.
It's interesting ... but I'd love to see better data.