That is because Americans have been convinced that Global Warming is.a hoax.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 26, 2020, at 2:37 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 26 Jan 2020 at 2:32, Peter VanDerWal via EV wrote: > >> In fairness, I can see the logic behind these schemes. > > Punitive EV road taxes are neither logical nor fair. > > ICEV emissions cost the public -- both in taxes to pay for the environmental > damage, and in higher health insurance costs. > > EVs reduce those public costs. Governments should be PAYING EV owners, not > penalizing them. > > Most other first world nations offer EV owners reduced licensing and tax > rates. I know of no other country where EV owners are expected to pay road > taxes directly. > > Many nations also generously directly subsidize purchase of EVs and/or waive > purchase taxes on EVs. > > They do these things because EVs help them realize their carbon reduction > goals, and reduce their long term public costs. They WANT their citizens to > buy and drive EVs. > > Obvously, some US states don't. > > In fact, some are charging, or will soon charge, EV owners MORE in taxes > than owners of similar ICEVs pay in fuel tax. I don't think that's an > accident. As I said, no green deed goes unpunished. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
