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Lots of sources to support my claims
Author: The Exchequer
Date: 04-17-2015 - 21:48
The spotter of the Indoctrinated Wrote:
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> The Exchequer Wrote:
> >
> > Sounds good to me if the external costs of
> > automobile usage (environmental pollution,
> > destruction of urban neighborhoods, loss of tax
> > base in cities, public costs of deaths and
> severe
> > injuries) are added to existing gasoline taxes.
>
>
> Straight out of the Greenie Handbook, without a
> single fact check on the so-called
> "externalities".
>
> Remember: Objectivity > Subjectivity
What is this "Greenie Handbook" to which you refer and where can I get a copy?
Seriously pal, if you bothered to do a little of Internet research, you'd find plenty of sources which back up my claims.
Overall cost summary
Environmental Impacts
(I'll leave it to economists to monetize the environmental costs)
Destruction of urban neighborhoods - This is well-documented. For example, read Robert Caro's book The Power Broker (1974) about Robert Moses and the damage his highways caused.
Loss of tax base in cities - In Pittsburgh, 2,000 homes & business were cleared for a new highway. A loss of that scale would have a major negative impact on any community's finances.
Costs of deaths and injuries due to highway/road accidents ($871 billion in 2014)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
There is plenty, plenty more on the Internet. Prior to the Internet, much of this was documented in hard copy, like the Power Broker.
It's you, not me, who is indoctrinated.
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> The Exchequer Wrote:
> >
> > Sounds good to me if the external costs of
> > automobile usage (environmental pollution,
> > destruction of urban neighborhoods, loss of tax
> > base in cities, public costs of deaths and
> severe
> > injuries) are added to existing gasoline taxes.
>
>
> Straight out of the Greenie Handbook, without a
> single fact check on the so-called
> "externalities".
>
> Remember: Objectivity > Subjectivity
What is this "Greenie Handbook" to which you refer and where can I get a copy?
Seriously pal, if you bothered to do a little of Internet research, you'd find plenty of sources which back up my claims.
Overall cost summary
Environmental Impacts
(I'll leave it to economists to monetize the environmental costs)
Destruction of urban neighborhoods - This is well-documented. For example, read Robert Caro's book The Power Broker (1974) about Robert Moses and the damage his highways caused.
Loss of tax base in cities - In Pittsburgh, 2,000 homes & business were cleared for a new highway. A loss of that scale would have a major negative impact on any community's finances.
Costs of deaths and injuries due to highway/road accidents ($871 billion in 2014)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
There is plenty, plenty more on the Internet. Prior to the Internet, much of this was documented in hard copy, like the Power Broker.
It's you, not me, who is indoctrinated.
