heheh that is the choice if you are one of Al Gore's faithful
Posted on 03/03/2008 2:41:44 AM PST by BGHater
Seems like a good plan to me (depending of course, on how they implement it). Diesel used to be rubbish compared to internal combustion but the new turbodiesels are much better.
New York City to make hybrid private hire limos mandatory from 2009....
NYC raising the price of a fare again!!!!
They just raised the bridge and tunnels to $8.00..Bloomberg is a thief.
Name the hybrid vehicle you think can replace the workhorse Continental/Crown Vic in this usage.
It’s right there in the article: The Toyota Prius /sarc off
I believe most of the limo companies buy older cars, re engine them and update the interior if necessary then run them for 100,000 miles or so. Much cheaper than buying new. Bloomberg will be putting most of them out of business with this, but then that’s what socialists do best.
This little twerp of a billionaire has nothing going for him except his fabulous wealth, which makes a nobody into a somebody....
“You gonna be okay with it when Bloomie starts telling you exactly how to wipe your own a##?”
Ah the cut and thrust of intelligent debate. There’s nothing quite like it.
Notice that the proposed rules don’t apply to private limos... So the bigwigs who have their own don’t have to worry about it, but those who rely on airport pick-ups and wedding or prom business have to cough up the cash for the more expensive cars...
Aren’t liberals fun?
Name the hybrid you think the “workhorse Continental/Crown Vic” has less fuel efficiency than, and produces less pollutants than, and costs less to run.
I didnt notice that. Horrible isnt it? “Do as I say, not as I do...”
Ah the blindness and absolute ignorance about the proper roll of government by a pseudo conservative . You got the response you deserved.
Nobody deserves a response like that.
Just because 9 out of 10 environmentalists are left wing wackos doesn’t mean the city of New York does not have a problem with pollution, noise, and excessive waste. Now are we going to do something about it, or choke in the car fumes and continue paying the Saudis untold billions that they can pour back into muslim destabilisation efforts?
Those opposed to regulatory efforts like Kyoto often argue that improved technology is a better way of solving environmental problems. I agree. Here’s the technology. Are we going to be so blinded by doctrine that we refuse to take advantage of it? If we do refuse, it’s going to be much harder to oppose Kyoto (or its successor treaties) in the future. And there will be other treaties...
As for “proper role of government” well the government decrees how fast you can drive your car, where you can drive your car, it even provides most of the roads the car drives on. Are those proper roles of government? If the city owns the roads, and these vehicles are licenced by the city, then surely the city can decide what vehicles get licenced, not so?
>>costs less to run.
If it truly costs less to run, do you not think the livery companies wouldn’t be buying them already?
That would be the company that Bloomberg has invested in of course.
heheh that is the choice if you are one of Al Gore's faithful
What exactly about this mandatory environut plan is "good"?
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