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Re:Why can't the government put a limit on car sizes? by bombcar on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:45AM (#32153254)
The government can just directly subsidize the vehicles they like, as they are attempting to do with electric cars.

Define a weight and drop taxes/offer refunds for people who buy them, see more of them appear.

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Re:Why can't the government put a limit on car sizes? by celtain on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:53AM (#32153465)
The government should tax/regulate things that have negative externalities, and the greater the externality, the harsher the restrictions should be.

Subsidizing smaller cars is a bad idea because they still have negative externalities, just less so. The government shouldn't be favoring driving a small car over walking, but that's exactly what a small (or electric) car subsidy does.

The reason we subsidize EVs instead of taxing gas-powered cars is because the latter is politically unpopular, not because the former is a better designed policy.

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