Do you support the US federal E-BIKE act?

[kevinmccune]

There are not that many ways to reduce total human population of the earth to 500 million in just a few decades. Whether you're right or not about this specific means, you're on track as a defender of humanity.

not even close around-432 ppm is not 4%(its a fraction of a percent)

 

[kevinmccune]

Without doubt. Still, gas taxes are earmarked as a higher contributor to financing the roads than most of these other sources you mention. I note in other threads you're still talking about this as a (goofy) reason sovereign citizens are silly. None of them I have ever seen argue about who pays for the roads.

But of course. But we did not have green alternatives back when this U.S. behemoth was built, the oil behemoth that now enables a luxury to experiment with green energy at our leisure. This is like not appreciating who pays for the roads. You don't appreciate how your high standard of living was achieved on the backs of the third world. Now that you have the benefits of the petrodollar, you're pretending that America's wealth you benefit from without complaint is evil ab initio. If you were speaking in the 1950s, you'd be arguing for oil dominance for the same reasons of energy independence.

Indeed. But not because you're enjoying a lifestyle that those in third world countries will never have according to "carbon credit" logic.

the "soft palmed" libs do nor appreciate the value and toll of work,Musks robots will not displace all human interface with the environment( they seem to think they can zip around the world at whim in their "net zero" aircraft" from their private dachas.)

 

[David42000]

not even close around-432 ppm is not 4%(its a fraction of a percent)

I'm not sure what you mean. Perhaps you saw my 500 million and thought I meant PPM? I'm talking about the desired population reduction that somehow eliminates 7 1/2 billion people.

 

[David42000]

It’s not a handout, it’s a policy aimed at driving better environmental outcomes.

Speaking of handouts, the federal gas tax has not been raised since 1993. There is an environmental cost to burning endless amounts of gasoline that is not being shouldered by drivers.

Same goes for driving infrastructure. The gas tax does very little to pay for maintenance and construction of highways. The taxpayer shoulders the burden whether or not they even drive.

We all benefit from the highway system whether or not we drive. Where does our food come from? Its grown and raised on farms, sent to processing plants and trucked to your grocery store.

 

[kevinmccune]

I'm not sure what you mean. Perhaps you saw my 500 million and thought I meant PPM? I'm talking about the desired population reduction that somehow eliminates 7 1/2 billion people.

thank you I thought you were referring to the percentage of CO2 in the atmosphere.(my bad)that would leave close to 7% of the population( which the Earth.barring catastrophe could easily support)