Well, that's one theory anyway.Considering the huge costs we're already seeing from climate change, theres an argument to be made that incentivizing a faster shift away from fossil fuels is fiscally prudent. Otherwise future generations will be stuck paying for even more dramatic climate problems.

Whether one feels they were good public policy or not wasn't what I was referring to, just that it's a whole lot easier to spend other people's money than your own. Reinforcing the previous posters point that they probably won't be as high as $7500 if the automaker has to use their money.