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Should we tax gas-guzzling, carbon-spewing SUVs to discourage ownership? One London suburb is doing just that.
Check out Leonardo DiCaprio's personal environmental site. I hadn't been a big fan of his, but he was one of the few bright spots in The Departed, and I have to respect his work on climate change. I just bought Vanity Fair's "Green Issue" with DiCaprio and Knut on the cover, I'll let you know how it is.
And if you're bored at work today, take a look at my friend Kyle's site, gullible.info -- made up stuff that sounds true. It's the detail that cracks me up. One from last week:
The Chicago Board of Trade has filed notice with the SEC that it intends to offer "Arctic Ice Futures" starting Sept 1, 2007.
Taxing SUVs makes sense to me (though it would hurt my business a little). I think people really need to start looking at pooling, telework and green technologies to make improvements locally. And government should support that with taxes (as appropriate). Similarly, the business community must support telework and pooling (via buses, etc.).
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link, Miles!
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