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Originally Posted by Dvae
What would be a great idea was to add surcharges or special taxes for electric vehicles. After all you use the same roads. Why shouldn't you pay your fair share?
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It's not a road tax, it's a fossil fuel tax. (even though they don't want to call it a "tax").
Try to think of it like this. Let's say you pay $1.30 at the pump for a litre of gas, and you are told that $1.30 covers all of the costs of the gas including drilling, refining, profit, etc. It sounds relatively fair expect for the fact that one important cost is left out : The cost of pollution in the damage to the air, greenhouse gasses, oil spills, etc.
By taxing fossil fuels and giving that money (or some of it) to green energy plans, you do 3 things: You encourage development in green energy, make using fossil more expensive, and make going green more attractive.
Sure some scamming or corruption or other backroom deals going on but this is a great start.