More reasons why.In "Why Are Gas Prices Climbing?" (May 3 issue), you describe how government regulation and taxes drive up the price of gasoline. This is far from the only way that the government increases the cost of driving. Government mandates and regulations have driven up the cost of vehicles. Air conditioners Conditioners used on leather take many shapes and forms. They are used mostly to keep leather from drying out and deteriorating. A very old and widely used conditioner is dubbin. can no longer use Freon, which is more efficient than alternative refrigerants Chemical refrigerants are assigned an R number(sometimes the label replaces it with the word Freon) which is determined systematically according to molecular structure. The following is a list of refrigerants with their R numbers, IUPAC chemical name, molecular formula, and CAS number. and requires expensive modifications to new and existing A/C components. Then there is the so-called safety equipment mandated by the Nanny State nanny state n. Informal A government perceived as having excessive interest in or control over the welfare of its citizens, especially in the enforcement of extensive public health and safety regulations. . This equipment adds thousands of dollars to the price of the vehicle. If this safety equipment is so great, why not make it optional? And then there are the increased injuries and fatalities because of the CAFE regulations. Manufacturers have been forced to decrease the size and weight of vehicles to meet these standards. A smaller and lighter vehicle is just not as safe as a larger and heavier vehicle. How come the busybodies never mention these facts? I guess the next thing is for the politicians to pass a law requiring more BTU's per gallon of gasoline or a decrease in the gravitational constant grav·i·ta·tion·al constant n. Abbr. G The constant in Newton's law of gravitation that yields the attractive force between two bodies when multiplied by the product of the masses of the two bodies and divided by the square of the distance . HOWARD LAST Great Neck, New York Great Neck is a village in Nassau County, New York, in the U.S., on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the village population was 9,538. The Village of Great Neck is in the Town of North Hempstead. |
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