> The reason for this recommendation is because Hybrid vehicles are doing > the same amount of wear and tear on the road, however they aren't paying > their fair share into the road fund.
Nothing new here; there have been people making crackpot suggestions about hybrids since the number cruncher finally gave the politico's the bad news: The increased use of alternative energy for transportation is going to have a direct negative effect on gasoline and oil sales. Not a good thing when 49/50 states (I'm not going to count Hawaii in this) place a huge burden on the income they draw from the taxation on the sale of that very resource. There have been even scarier concepts though - try the concept of tax-per-mile. Some yahoo's want to put in GPS systems in your vehicle with a transponder so they can track how many miles your vehicle drives. Every x months they would send you a bill - some suggest as high as a nickel per mile - for the actual amount of driving your vehicle made. Call me paranoid but if I'm going to have a transmitter in my car pointing out my exact location at any time, I want control over it. Here are some relevant links: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001972174_mileagetax05m.html http://cpr.ca.gov/updates/pressdetail.php?id=361 http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/11/26/report_suggests_taxing_hybrid_cars/ It's a really funny thing to watch... kinda like the tobacco issue. The states use income from tobacco sales to fund medically related projects. Now that it's illegal to smoke inside a public place in New York State they're wondering where all their money for Medicaid went. This has twinges of the same feel to it. Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Save $10 Download ZoneAlarm Security Suite http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=66 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184144 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
