>> 3) that ELECTRIC VEHICLES use the same roads, NEVER pay any fuel taxes >>to support road maintenance, and still, fear not the revenuer. > >That is a good question. Steve Spence has raised that issue a couple >of times at a couple of forums, and nobody seems to have an answer. >(Shhh!) > >How about a car burning woodgas? No way you'd fool anyone you'd paid >taxes on that. > >A different question is how much, if any, of the road tax revenue >goes to maintain roads.
One thing that I did see mentioned somewhere is that in Oregon, I think, there was some attempt to add some extra levy to EVs, at registration time I think, to make up for lost revenues that occurred because EVs naturally avoid taxes that other cars pay. In other words, the state seemed to be missing its revenues, that it had gotten used to. If the road tax is *really* a road tax, then I guess EVs should, arguably, be on the same playing field and pay the same taxes. If it is a fuel tax, levied for some other reason, then tough and they should not pay it, in my view. However, taxes are so co-mingled that I could not figure it out quickly. Furthermore, I am not sure that electrcity isn't taxed or otherwise burdened with bureaucracy as well, a tax that gasoline-burners do not have to pay. Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
