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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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Mark you are absolutely delusional if you think that politicians aren't going to start taxing in some fashion electric cars. Whether it be tolls or some kind of highway tax you can call it whatever you want. They aren't going to suddenly stop spending money just because there are no fossil fuels being used.
In your utopian dream we will all be driving electric cars. That's good you say but wait, where are they going to get money to build roads and bridges, tunnels etc.