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A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen

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1329 points kwindla | 2 comments | 25 Apr 25 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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aidenn0 ◴[25 Apr 25 16:56 UTC] No.43795946[source]▶
For anyone curious, if you made a similarly sized gas-powered pickup with an i4 engine, it would be penalized more than a full-sized pickup for being too fuel inefficient, despite likely getting much better mileage than an F-150 because, since 2011, bigger cars are held to a lesser standard by CAFE[1].

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_average_fuel_economy...

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MostlyStable ◴[25 Apr 25 17:26 UTC] No.43796306[source]▶
Example #5621 that a simple carbon tax would be miles better than the complex morass of regulations we currently have.
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ponector ◴[25 Apr 25 20:20 UTC] No.43798133[source]▶
I think the best way is to tax fuel itself. This way worse mpg result in more tax.

Tax diesel more than gasoline, LNG less.

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1. nandomrumber ◴[25 Apr 25 22:28 UTC] No.43799069[source]▶
Thereby penalising existing vehicle owners who can’t switch to a more efficient vehicle overnight.

We have to come up with a rigorous alternative that doesn’t disproportionately affect lower income folk, because people tend not to be overly concerned about nebulous concepts like the climate impacts on unborn future generations, especially when my carbon impact at the margin is negligible when taken in context of global population.

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2. ponector ◴[26 Apr 25 11:15 UTC] No.43802618[source]▶
If it is an issue - then option is to have less driving. Take a bus once in a while. Or bike.

Or switch to another old vehicle. Take old Golf instead of RAM, etc.