Washington Tax & Spend Republican wants to tax bicycles

[logiphage]

They cause global warming

"A cyclists [sic] has an increased heart rate and respiration. That means that the act of riding a bike results in greater emissions of carbon dioxide from the rider. Since CO2 is deemed to be a greenhouse gas and a pollutant, bicyclists are actually polluting when they ride" - Ed Orcutt (R

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[ladyapple27]

They'll all nuttier than fruitcakes.

At first, I thought that this was something dreamed up by the Onion. Frighteningly, it appears that it's not a joke.

I'm off to hide my hoe, just in case they decide to impose a tax on not using a tractor. Hmm-wonder how that would apply to my neighbor who plows with horses? Or my cousin who has a donkey to pull his small antique plow? Would a potential "why the hell don't you use a tractor" tax be higher on a pair of horses or a donkey? What about a team of steers?

[logiphage]

I know it sounds like a joke that's why I mentioned it.

They aren't nutty. They are evil. This is lawyer think. One should always recall they are trained by profession to figure out any string of sentences that might be successful in arguing for an arbitrary goal. The only standard is if the judge and jury buys the load of crap or not. The actual merit of the argument is irrelevant. Being amoral or a sociopath is a plus for lawyers and politicians.

So in this case the goal is he wants taxes. I'm pretty sure if he cares about at all global warming, it's in the Al "Carbon Big Footprint" Gore, multimillion dollar mansion private jet, "Green for thee, not for me" type of "caring".

Anyway hopefully they won't come for your tractors. If we had to feed humanity with only animal power, we'd produce a hell of a lot more GHG.

Which by the way I should disclose I don't buy CAGW alarmism. For a short and succinct demolition of CAGW (the C for catastrophic being the part that's bullshit, not the A, humans do have an effect) this is a terrific