IF You Were President /...What Would You Do For The Enviroment? For the record here%26#039;s some of the thing%26#039;s I would do;

1# One car maximum per family or home owner...and an energy efficent one at that!

2#Alot of you will disagree: Less people less wasted resources..I would put a limit of 2 children per family unless in the case of multiple births...or pay a small tax on extra children. Lowered taxes better quality of life for everyone.

3#Seriously promote the use of solar %26amp; wind powered energy.

4# Make recycling the law. Period.

5# Employ people to take care of the enviroment...plant trees etc.

Best Answer

I would introduce a heavy tax on fuel like in Britain where its sumthin like 75p a litre not a gallon, a litre is tax ( average price per litre is £1.05 a litre)
Then put a heavy road tax on 4x4%26#039;s that arent hybrids
Increase tax on buying 4x4%26#039;s
Relax planning laws for renewable energy
Encourage farmers to produce biofuel crop
Tax heavy polluting companies
Offer grants to companies going green
Ban un-energy efficent light bulbs
Make recycling the law and introduce fines for people not sticking to the rules
Make double glazing, energy efficent boilers the law, loft insulation has to be put in new houses, and offer grants to people willing to do this
In the deserts build hude solar farms
Start carbon off setting
Introduce green housing
Thats just a taster lol

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Some very good ideas ; ) Thank%26#039;s to everyone that answered!

Other Answers (17)

• I wouldn%26#039;t put limits on automobile ownership, but I would put a tax on %26quot;gas guzzler%26quot; vehicles. That would encourage economics to drive fuel efficiency.
  
  Get the government involved in more research of alternative energy technologies with the goal of driving down costs for alternative energy technologies. Examples could be lowering the cost of production for solar PV panels, lower alcohol production costs, cheaper wind power, etc.
  
  Provide tax incentives for renewable energy sources; and add taxes to non-renewable and dirty energy sources.
  
  Encourage plug-in hybrid technology and its use as backup generation for the national electric grid. I.e. Charge the plug-in car when energy is cheap, but credit the owner when energy is expensive or in short supply and actually draw from a plugged in car when economic or supply needs arise. Imagine your Prius is your homes backup generator.
  
  An important goal should be to drive the country away from dependence on foreign oil in general; and non-renewable energy and dirty energy sources.
  
  I like the idea to increase recycling, but how about we take it further so that all food packaging must be recyclable as well as providing universal recycling across the country?
  
  How about government incentives in investment in lower water use such as low-water use toilets, dishwashers, showerheads, faucet aerators, clothes washers, etc? Further mandates for lower water use in all categories could be proposed. Also, mandating that grass and plants be used in new construction that require less water. (In Florida it is common to include Floritam grass that require a great deal of water for it to live and prosper. There are less beautiful alternative grasses such as Bahia grass that require much less water)
  
  How about a tax break for every 6 foot tall tree planted in a homeowners yard?
  
  Mandate wild areas be set aside for every new land development. Perhaps banking these wild areas so that many development projects could contribute to the set-aside of wild parks.
  
  I could go on, but this is a good start......
  
  Timothy D.
  West Melbourne, FL
• stop cutting down trees
• Definitely less people!!!! I only had one.
  
  I also agree there should be a tax on having more kids. It makes no sense to give them a tax break. For example, the lady down the road has four and complains public schools are too crowded but she pays the same amount of tax I do (property taxes are a big part of what pays for schools and her property tax is about the same as mine - a little less actually). What that works out as is she pays less school taxes and has more kids which add to the %26quot;crowding%26quot; she complains about.
  
  Math must not have been her area of ability.
• 1# 25% of new vehicles sold in U.S.A. would be Electric and Plug-in Hybrids by 2009. 50% by 2010. This would reduce oil comsuption almost by half; Lower the price of oil; Lower the trade deficit and Increase the value of the dollar; Lower manufactory and delevery cost.
  
  2# No state solar panel rebates, This keeps the price of solar panels higher than the rebate and keeps non rebate state residents from buying over priced solar panels
  
  3# Federal tax rebates for solar panels and wind generators on residental housing.
  
  4# Trash burning electric generators. Can%26#039;t be worse than coal and keeps landfills down. Recycle obvious stuff. metels and plastics.
  
  5# all oil taken out of federal ground through resource rights will not be sold for more than $30 per barrel after 2010.
  
  6# Raise taxes on gas in 2010 and out law foreign oil.
• #1 make recycling a law
  
  #2 everyone has to drive a hybrid car
  
  #3 stop cutting down trees unless they cause harm like endangering something or someone
  
  #4 make all kids take public transportation to school instead of seperate cars
  
  #5 highly promote unplugging appliances and using post consumer paper
• I agree 1 to 5, and my most important objective will be to end the aggressive politics against other countries, like Iraq and others right now.
• make recycling free or give incentives to do so. If we can get money for cans we should find a way to pay people and pick the cans up from their home. A lot less trash. Or charge people for the trash they are too lazy tor recycle. Make all cars hybrids and sell them for the same price.