Re: This is what scares me more than anything

Bruce Geerdes <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.music.dadl.ot
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On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Karl Swenson <[email protected]>wrote:

> Well, if we leave it a simple gas tax, govt is rewarding electric vehicles
> by letting them use the infrastructure cost-free. But I'm okay with that if
> the behavior benefits society.
>
> ***just where do they get all that electricity?
>

If I ran the world -- nuclear plants?


> The opposite inclination is to create a complicated usage tax which may
> encourage behavior that is a detriment to society.
>
> ***how would the per mile tax encourage bad behavior?


A gas tax could encourage one to get a more efficient vehicle regardless of
how many miles you put on it. Mile tax makes the efficient of a vehicle less
of an issue.


> EV and hybrid
> vehicles still save money in gas taxes and still get tax credits.  Is this
> just being whiny that their lot in life isn't even better?


So, Karl, I guess you're in favor of this mile tax?
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