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Originally Posted by **********
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.
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I think he's pointing out that by using higher MPG vehicles (electric/hybrid,) you are paying less gas tax than all other cars, yet doing just as much damage to the road. I don't know what it's like in Canada, but in the United States the idea behind the gas tax was to pay for road construction and maintenance. It has gone very sideways since the original implementation, but that was the purpose.