ANWR

[David Honig]

At 04:23 PM 9/24/01 -0700, mmotyka at lsil.com wrote:
>
>I also think we should learn a lesson from NY - annual vehicle
>registration costs are based on vehicle weight.
>
>Mike

That's not fair.  It penalizes safer (more massive) cars
without regard to their actual petrol consumption.

If you only tax cars you ignore driving habits --you
subsidize 'wasteful' (but fun) driving, e.g., accelerating
faster than fuel-optimal.  

The market is fair: just let the price of gas
be established by a free market.  Then everyone
can decide whether they want a 1000 lb, 300 hp
car or a 3000 lb, 100 hp car, or something
in between.