Re:GM and Fiat Chrysler Unmasked as Tesla’s Source of Cash
by benj111 on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @11:38AM
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How narrowly do you you want me to word it, for better or worse buying a car is the default. I'm not saying I like it.
Bicycles are relatively cheaper, I suspect the barrier to cycling isn't cost. Its infrastructure, culture, etc.
Again you're assuming the default option is buying a car. Society shouldn't be paying people to buy cars, especially rich people: that's not a good thing to incentivise.
> We can talk about alternatives to car, that isn't where politics is at, and I'm not sure tax credits would be a particularly good tool for encouraging alternatives.
Surely if you believe tax credits work for electric cars then you should believe they would work for other things too.
> As I said don't let perfect be the enemy of good.
Is it even good though? It's hard to believe that paying rich people to buy cars (which still have negative externalities - land use, congestion, traffic deaths) is a better-than-replacement-level use of public funds.