[Rob Hood]

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=128569

Article is posted in case the link is bad -

SACRAMENTO, California — The state of California will require all 2009 model and later cars to be labeled with stickers giving their global warming score, starting at the beginning of the year. The labels will rate vehicles on a scale of 1-10 — with 10 being the best and 5 an average number — based on direct emissions and emissions related to fuel production, and will let consumers make comparisons between models.

California vehicles already are given a Smog Score, in which new models are rated on a 1-10 scale for emissions. The labeling will be displayed side by side on new vehicles sold in the state. Consumers can also look up detailed information on the Drive Clean Web site.

New York can expect a similar sticker law for new models starting in 2010.

What this means to you: Environmental-impact stickers: not just for refrigerators anymore.

[00 Trans Ram]

That's a basic problem with government taxing things to make people stop using them. Cigarette taxes are the classic example. Government taxes cigs so people will stop buying them. Then, they send that money to schools or Medicaid. Those schools/Medicaid comes to rely on that revenue stream.

Then, one day, the tax begins to work. People get sick of paying $5 per pack and they stop smoking. Now the schools/Medicaid has to either cut their budget, or Joe Taxpayer gets increased taxes.

[pknowles]

That's a basic problem with government taxing things to make people stop using them. Cigarette taxes are the classic example. Government taxes cigs so people will stop buying them. Then, they send that money to schools or Medicaid. Those schools/Medicaid comes to rely on that revenue stream.

Then, one day, the tax begins to work. People get sick of paying $5 per pack and they stop smoking. Now the schools/Medicaid has to either cut their budget, or Joe Taxpayer gets increased taxes.

I guess the greenies are trying to stop us from using cows.

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/...bout-a-cow-tax/