Originally Posted by cruentus
Very high gas taxes, imposed on large vanity vehicles, would force many people to abandon those vehicles in favor of a more reasonable ride. A downsizing of the national auto fleet would lower annual gas consumption.
My long range plan (when I'm finally in charge of the world) is to start with a tax on gas guzzlers, use the revenues to create truly workable public transportation, and only then hike up the gas taxes to slash the national (Hell, world!) fleet.
I would do the gas guzzler tax first to make it a little easier on middle class folks, until decent transit is in place to replace autos.