No Money or Clean Cars
Posted by lthreatt on April 16, 2007
When I was in California over Spring Break, I came across an article in the San Jose Mercury News newspaper on Monday, April 9, 2007. The article was about California’s new idea to lower emissions from vehicles, not by consenting to the good nature of people, but to their wallets. The bill that is being debated right now to become a law puts certain prices on every car sold. Depending on the type of car that is bought, the person would either have to pay or get paid for the amount of greenhouse gas emissions the vehicle puts out. So if you wanted to buy a Hummer H2, you would have to pay an additional tax of $2500. But if you wanted to buy a Toyota Prius you get paid $2500. All the money is paid as a tax and the state pays the car-owners, not the dealerships.
The list of cars that you’ll have to pay extra for are:
§ Hummer H2
§ Dodge Viper
§ Dodge Ram
§ Ford Expedition
§ Chevrolet Avalanche
§ Toyota Sequoia
§ GMC Yukon
§ Toyota Tundra
§ GMC Sierra
§ Chevrolet Silverado
§ Dodge Dakota
§ Chevrolet Tahoe C150
§ Ford Explorer
§ Audi S8
§ GMC Safari
§ Chevrolet Astro Van
§ Chevrolet Trailblazer
The list of cars that you’ll get paid to have are:
§ Hyundai Santa Fe
§ Oldsmobile Silhoutte
§ Pontiac Montana
§ Chevrolet Venture
§ Ford Mustang
§ Chrysler PT Cruiser
§ Ford Taurus
§ Chrysler Sebring
§ Buick Century
§ Volkswagon Passat
§ Chevrolet Malibu
§ Honda CR-V
§ Nissan Altima
§ Mazda B2300
§ Honda Accord
§ Toyota Rav4
§ Toyota Camry
§ Volkswagon Jetta
§ Chevrolet Cavalier
§ Mada Protégé
§ Volkswagon New Beetle
§ Dodge Neon
§ Hyundai Elantra
§ Ford Focus
§ Nissan Sentra
§ Toyota Corolla
§ Honda Civic
§ Toyota Prius
If this bill passes into a law, new car buyers are really going to have to think about whether those sport cars and SUVs are really worth paying $2500.
Source: Rogers, Paul. Clean Cars: Paying the Price for SUVs San Jose Mercury News 4/9/2007
