On 15 May 2021 at 14:57, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > Raise EV road use tax by X and raise the gas drivers ENVIRONMENTAL USE > tax by the same amount - X.
I see your point, but I think that vehicle owners should pay in proportion to the environmental harm they cause. The more environmentally destructive the vehicle is, the more it should cost to keep it on the road. EV owners *should* pay the least. A yearly license surcharge based on the vehicle's MPGe would do that. Owners of EVs that waste more energy would pay more than those who have energy-thrifty EVs. ICEV owners would pay more than either, with those driving the heavy, bloated monstrosities paying the most. Adding a mileage component would be a further improvement, but I consider the active monitoring mechanisms proposed for that too invasive. I'd prefer that license bureaus verify vehicle mileages at each license renewal. As a bonus this scheme would reduce unemployment because license bureaus would need more staff members! Another possible solution would be a fee assessed when the vehicle is sold or scrapped, based on its MPGe and mileage accrued by the owner selling or scrapping the vehicle. For greater fairness, make all these fees means-tested. Add a factor based on the owner's previous year's IRS AGI. <diabolical chuckle> :-) David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar. -- Jamee Nicoll = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
