Comments on: Endangered yellow taxi? US climate bill could turn them green

By: Philippine Jobs

Philippine Jobs — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:42:40 +0000

I think that’s a great step towards saving the environment. Time will come mother nature will ask for a pay back after everything we did to her planet.

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:12:49 +0000

If it’s about energy conservation and taking care of our health as well as our mother earth, then I’m in to it. I believe this idea is brilliant.

By: Evan

Evan — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:39:42 +0000

A great idea. Right now cabbies are all driving around in old police cruisers with huge V8 engines – it’s absurd. In Vancouver BC, most cabs are either Pruis’s or Corollas – both are efficient. I agree with the other commenter who says that prescribing a hybrid is the wrong approach – better to set efficiency standards and let the companies decide how to achieve them.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:08:57 +0000

It is the wrong approach. Prescribing a technical solution is wrong, as there are many ways to achieve the result and the prescription only serves to put one technology (that may not be the best) at an advantage. It would be better to settle for strict fuel efficiency standards that become more strict in a predictable pace.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:33:34 +0000

I drive a cab part time in San Diego for a small company. Yes the savings would be great but I doubt that smaller companies will be able to purchase new hybrids at a tune of 25 thousand plus. Even with tax breaks on average the manger has told me that it costs an additional 3 to 5 thousand dollars to convert a normal car into a cab. Now I consider myself lucky that the owner has been purchasing more economical cars but even when low millage used cars in their price range presents themselves they only last on average two to four years. So you do the math a small company would not be able to afford a hybrid unless half of the cost is covered by the government and the additional cost would be tacked on to the driver threw his/her daily lease.

By: brian lee

brian lee — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:09:01 +0000

do we think Al Gore should donate some money to this project out of the 100 million he has made by the exaggerated hype that he has uses to give himself the center stage attention that seems to crave for.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:44:42 +0000

Rode in Prius cab a couple of years ago. Driver said that compared to previous 6 cyl car was saving $12k a year on gas. Nough said, bit of a no brainer even for the corporate types.

By: robert1234

robert1234 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:18:26 +0000

Go for it! We are already facing a huge disaster, with what we know will be a 2 meter rise in ocean levels. If we do nothing, and that’s exactly what we’re really doing, then we can have a 15 meter rise in 300 years, essentially destroying our civilization as we know it. We can either invest about 250 billion dollars a year to protect our coasts or that same 250 billion to decrease CO2 levels. China will have 15% of all it’s energy from wind in 20 years. We could to. Germany can have 25% of all it’s energy from solar and we could too. We could easily and quickly reduce our pollution by 45% in 20 years if we chose to. Instead, we condemn our children and their children to poverty and misery. That’s the corporate way, you know. They will make a profit off that disaster.