Jim Sconyers
jim_scon@yahoo.com
603.969.6712

Remember: Mother Nature bats last.

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From: Ned Ford <Ned.Ford@FUSE.NET>
To: CONS-SPST-GLOBALWARM-CHAIRS@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:20:52 PM
Subject: Texas Environmentalists Praise By-the-Mile Auto Insurance Option - Innovative Insurance Policy Reduces Premiums, Congestion and Air Pollution

Hi Folks,

This is something that some of you may be able to pick up and run with. It's a very important subtle way to shift rewards to less driving.

Consumer activists should support this, but they may need some hand-holding to understand why it is valuable. Overcomes regressive insurance practices, incentivizes less driving, all the benefits of reduced driving. This has the same effect a carbon tax would. Pay at the Pump insurance would be better, but maybe this is a step in that direction.

- Ned

From: PTI Sustainability Members List
To: SUSTAINABILITY@DISCUSSIONS.PTI.ORG
Sent: Mon Nov 17 12:55:01 2008
Subject: Texas Environmentalists Praise By-the-Mile Auto Insurance Option - Innovative Insurance Policy Reduces Premiums, Congestion and Air Pollution:

Dear Council members:

Interesting idea.......................

Texas Environmentalists Praise By-the-Mile Auto Insurance Option - Innovative Insurance Policy Reduces Premiums, Congestion and Air Pollution:

Environmental Defense Fund, November 12, 2008

http://www.edf.org/pressrelease.cfm?contentID=8801

Texans will become the first in the nation to have a “by-the-mile” choice of auto insurance that gives drivers the opportunity to save money while also protecting the environment. MileMeter recently launched a pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) insurance program that will reward low-mileage drivers with lower premiums than traditional, flat-rate insurance. A Brookings Institution report released in July estimates that if PAYD were offered to all drivers, it would save two-out-of-three households an average of $270 per car, result in an 8 percent decline in driving, reduce driving-related damages by $50 billion to $60 billion, and cut carbon dioxide emissions and oil consumption.

Thanks,

Ronda

Ronda Mosley

Senior Director for Research and Government Services

937 667 4142

rmosley@pti.org

www.pti.org

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