erica david, author at planet forward - 克罗地亚vs加拿大让球 //www.getitdoneaz.com/author/ericadavid/ inspiring stories to 2022年卡塔尔世界杯官网 fri, 14 jan 2011 12:30:51 +0000 en-us hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 reform transporation laws to encourage fuel conservation //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/reform-transporation-laws-to-encourage-fuel-conservation/ fri, 14 jan 2011 12:30:51 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/reform-transporation-laws-to-encourage-fuel-conservation/ why is that, in politics, no-brainers are usually non-starters.

(1) lowering the interstate speed limit to 55 mph (and enforcing it) would save thousands of lives and i don’t know how many billions of barrels of oil without sacrificing the sacrosanct american standard of living.

(2) between 2002 and 2008, the feds doled out $72 billion in subsidies to fossil fuel industries and $29 billion for renewables (half of which was for ethanol which is quite possibly even worse than oil)–see eli.org.

(3) when gas hit $4 gallon, people gave up their suvs and manufacturers dropped plans for new models. when gas prices dropped, suv sales went up. americans have short memories–keep a floor of at least $4/gallon under the price of gas and we’ll see sustained policy shifts.

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