Hi,
On 10-5-2011 17:03, Jed Rothwell wrote:
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.
This is one of the (major) reasons why Europe is working on the Galileo
satellite project.
Kind regards,
MoB
