Bill Would Add Fee to Gas Guzzlers

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A Northern California lawmaker wants Californians to pay as much as $2,500 extra to buy gas-guzzling muscle cars, sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks, the Los Angeles Times reports.


And he wants to use that money to cut the prices of new hybrids and other cars that go farther on a gallon of fuel and pump fewer carbon emissions into the atmosphere.


The proposed “clean-car discount” , which would be the first law of its kind in the nation , would enlist car buyers in the fight against global warming by offering them a one-time bonus on cars the state identifies as environmentally friendly.


“It makes sense to give a financial incentive since most people just respond to their wallet,” said shopkeeper Mary Ann McDonald in Sacramento. “If you make a practical vehicle more available, people will buy it.”


But opponents are aghast at the idea of the state making buyers of SUVs and trucks subsidize hybrid purchases.


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