noone noone wrote:
2) They could try to tax every vehicle that uses the E-Cat. They could state, "Since we are losing revenue from taxes on gasoline, we will need to add an upfront tax on every E-Cat powered vehicle. Otherwise, we will not be able to pay to maintain the roads."
This is already becoming an issue, with high efficiency hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles. I think three solutions are available:
1. Tax odometer use. This would trigger a lot of cheating and broken odometers! I do not think a GPS solution would be cost effective or workable, although some insurance companies offer discounts to people who seldom drive and can prove it with vehicle-mounted GPS monitors.
2. Tax driving the way they now do in the City of London. This would greatly reduce traffic, which is an advantage.
3. Use many more toll roads, with electronic toll collection rather than toll gates, so that traffic does not have to slow down or stop. This has been proposed in Georgia to replace some of the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes.
- Jed
