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Originally Posted by goober
Every time you argue against a higher gas tax.
There are thousands of bridges and tens of thousands of miles of roadway that need repair in this country right now. If the gas tax was high enough that money would be there, instead we borrow the money to subsidize the mechanism for burning petroleum.
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Not taxing something specifically and to an unusually great extent does not equal subsidizing it, goober. You're playing with words.
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There are ways to make cities "greener", and they don't require breakthrough technology.
New York City is the greenest place in America, the citizens of NYC have the smallest carbon footprint, the lowest automobile use, and the lowest heating costs in America.
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Based on what source? I have a hard time believing it since there are probably tiny towns all over America that use very little of, well, everything due to low population density. Are you talking per capita?
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They walk more, use mass transit more and drive less.
If every citizen in the US used as much energy as a NYC resident, we wouldn't need foreign oil.
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NYC is very densely population, with huge buildings at every turn. Of course they can get around walking. EVERYTHING IS SO CLOSE!
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Because NYC was built before the automobile culture took over.
Now at one time when the US was a petroleum producing country, it may have made sense to promote the use of a domestic resource, but we are still promoting the use of petroleum, even though we need to borrow money to buy it from foreign sources.
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I think you're playing with words again. Just because gas users aren't taxed to death, doesn't mean the use of gas is being "promoted."