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Old 03-19-2015, 01:57 PM   #67 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by spacemanspif View Post
... Been waiting to see what results you get out of it to see what cost recovery time would be. ...
In my case the payback to my wallet will be quite awhile, unless we get bump up in the price of gas (big surprises have happened in the past). But I also consider that: (1) the health cost of gas in the US amounts to about $3.80 a gallon; (2) the costs of climate change are incalculable in the future, and even now are likely quite high even if difficult to pin to particular events (Katrina, Sandy, Vanuatu, Shishmaref, heat waves, a frozen east coast, record warm winter in Alaska, etc.); we should have had a carbon tax on fuel long ago (in my opinion); and Europeans are better off with their decades-long fuel costs of 3x to 4x ours. So for me, some unrecouped cost to save fuel seems worthwhile, and my wife and I use the car as little as we can in the first place.

Just my opinion -- hope I'm not pushing anyone's button on some of this.
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