Popular strategies for reducing gasoline use aren't getting a chance to work
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I remember my dad going to American car dealerships in the 1970s who would try very hard not to sell him a small car. Lately I've seen Japanese car dealerships trying the same game. (e.g. you can't buy a new Honda Fit because they said the factory washed out in a flood, but they have 30 CR-Vs that are made in the same factory in stock) Rumor has it that Honda and Toyota would like to get rid of the Civic and Corolla but it's hard to do when they know people will pay a 50% markup or more to get a used one. (e.g. some people's idea of a 'quality' car is that it starts when you turn the key and the head gasket doesn't blow out at 17,000 miles -- that is, not a Cadillac)
My understanding is that a large portion of roads and associated infrastructure are funded by fuel taxes (which seems to be fair: the more you use them the more you pay).
I've yet to see an equitable solution to this problem.
EU bureaucrats can strong arm France into doing something very unpopular, and the French population just has to eat it. There can be mass protests (yellow vests) and it doesn't matter. There is no supra-national organization that can do this to the U.S., which is not to say there are no forces in the U.S. that can strong arm the population into doing something. Similarly, the anti-carbon movement isn't anywhere close to being as politically powerful in the U.S. as in Europe, which has strong green parties and the backing of the EU administrative state, whereas in the U.S. the majority of the population just doesn't see this as an important issue.
In other areas, agribusiness can strong arm the US into accepting pesticides and chemicals that would never be allowed in France, and there is not even any debate about this. So it depends on what issue is being discussed.