Unban kei cars. Cars are cheaper if there’s less car.
Build more public transport (particularly trains, electric of course) so more people don’t need cars, then tax ICE cars heavily
Make all greenfield street grids use narrow streets (that means a max width of 6m(20ft) wall-to-wall, for 80% of streets) and over time convert existing grids likewise, which (strongly increases pedestrianism and) encourages any urban car drivers to drive kei cars.
If most drivers of big cars are rural, then let the big ag subsidies cover it. Although honestly, if urban drivers stop driving cars (and ~80-90% of people are urban (that includes suburban)), then we’re 80-90% of the way there anyway, and the last 10% doesn’t matter.
Point 2 and 3 would require major political buy-in (and they’re also sort of the same step anyway), which strains the definition of possible. But it’s quite financially feasible.
I think you forgot the “details” part. Fortunes of people like Musk and Bezos exist in their stake of the companies they own not in traditional taxable wages that the rest of us earn. How do you tax that and who’s going to implement it? Democrats and Republicans both kowtow to these people.
Ohhhh, so you’re saying the USA can’t do what China did because their politicians are all corrupt and put billionaires above the continued existence of the human species.
No, I said nothing of the sort. I’m not sure why you’re acting so negatively after simply being asked to explain an idea that you proposed all on your own.
Now I’m also curious how cheap, disposable vehicles built on the other side of the planet are our only hope for the “continued existence of the human species.” Can you explain that too?
How about just that one thing?
Can you explain in detail how that’s possible for them to accomplish?
Depending on your definition of “possible”:
Point 2 and 3 would require major political buy-in (and they’re also sort of the same step anyway), which strains the definition of possible. But it’s quite financially feasible.
Tax billionaires.
I think you forgot the “details” part. Fortunes of people like Musk and Bezos exist in their stake of the companies they own not in traditional taxable wages that the rest of us earn. How do you tax that and who’s going to implement it? Democrats and Republicans both kowtow to these people.
Ohhhh, so you’re saying the USA can’t do what China did because their politicians are all corrupt and put billionaires above the continued existence of the human species.
Thanks!
No, I said nothing of the sort. I’m not sure why you’re acting so negatively after simply being asked to explain an idea that you proposed all on your own.
Now I’m also curious how cheap, disposable vehicles built on the other side of the planet are our only hope for the “continued existence of the human species.” Can you explain that too?