I live in mandatory car land. The older I get, the more I hate driving and dealing with insurance, traffic, registration, maintenance, fuel, and inspections.
Money spent generally = emissions.
It is cheaper to be greener in many cases. Pork/chicken/turkey/rice+beans are cheaper than beef. Gas sippers are cheaper than canyoneros and monster trucks. Bicycles, transit, and shoes are cheaper than cars. Reasonable housing is cheaper than a McMansion.
Good. Hopefully kids in other places do the same.
I would think they would keep at least 1 of each model/trim of vehicle for testing these things. This leads me to believe one of the following:
- Too tight of deadlines
- Cheap management won't pay for testing time or units
- Culture of pencil whipping
- A bad apple didn't do their job, which should be caught by procedures
Maybe we should start astroturfing right wing political events? When they start spouting nonsense about the climate, boo them.
Then you get nationalized or broken up like ma bell.
I consider myself a hybrid. Some things, a market just doesn't work, like infrastructure and medicine.
Some things, like entertainment, restaurants, etc, REGULATED markets are best. Regulations are vital though. Costs can't be externalized. No bailouts. Your business goes under, tough.
Even that isn't enough.
We still need to ruthlessly end North American car dependency...and reduce beef consumption...and stop fast fashion...and stop planned obsolescence and throw away crap
Maybe it would allow him to better use executive agencies to enforce environmental regulations already on the books?
There is a lot of low hanging fruit in the US, especially with transportation. The first thing I would do is run HSR from LA to Las Vegas and from Las Vegas to Phoenix.
Parent here, unless the alternative is a cartoon villain,. climate is the decider for me. Fortunately, the cartoon villain types tend to be against dealing with it, so voting is always a no brainer for me.
Maybe the economy needs to slow down a bit. How much of the US GDP is broken window economics, and how much is a gain in overall wealth? I'd rather have a 10 trillion GDP where 9 trillion is still around than a 15 trillion where half of it is consumed like gasoline.
I used to be a fan in Tesla's and Space X's early days. Then he built the stupid Vegas tunnel subway. And launched a car in orbit. And got in the way during that cave fiasco. And the self driving fiascos. Anyone that still thinks the dude has all his marbles is willfully ignorant or hasn't been paying attention.