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Originally Posted by redpoint5
My idea is just increase gasoline tax. The method of taxation is already in place, and it closes the most loopholes because it's nearest to directly addressing the behavior we're trying to reduce; fuel consumption. That eliminates the need to dream up a never ending list of things to tax, and creative loopholes that avoid them, as well as the administrative overhead.
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There were times when taxation of cars in Brazil was horsepower-biased. Even though a taxation biased toward some technical feature could be effective to address the fuel consumption issue somehow, at least in the United States it seems like increasing taxation over gasoline might be the easiest way to lead the average Joe to take a look at efficiency just like it did everywhere else. But it would eventually also require a coordinated effort with NHTSA and EPA to put an end on the protectionist measures that allowed the Big Three to dump gas guzzling trucks and SUVs which seemed to be cheaper to make than economy cars which would be up to the Euro and Jap contenders.