The major destroyer of roads in my region is over gross commercial vehicles during hot weather. Down by the potato plant they put grooves in the road in 6 weeks. Under proper loads that road lasts 15 years. Need more men with portable scales or strain guages built into 18 wheeler trailers. Kirk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the late 1980's I read a study by Pollution Probe of Toronto which calculated that if all costs incured by cars and their drivers were paid by a fuel tax, gasoline would cost $5 or $6 Canadian per Imperial gallon. Today it would be double that price. I recall that medical costs of accidents and the cost of policing (to prevent even worse carnage on the roads) were major components of the high cost of driving. As I recall, these calculations did not include the high costs of urban infrastructure made necessary by sprawl to accomodate cars. As James Howard Kunstler has pointed out, the car culture and the settlement patterns it has produced are so expensive to operate in a time of high-cost oil in declining supply, that their appalling costs will force a very painful change to a more rational transportation and settlement pattern. We wouldn't be in this desperate situation if it hadn't been for the political pressure of automotive welfare bums and the corporate interests and the politicians who pander to them. Making drivers pay their way is the first step to economic rationality and a future that doesn't involve freezing in the dark. If you don't want Big Brother to know where you are, take the bus or the train. Air travelers have been dealing with this for years. Doug Woodard St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada > UK - Road tax - Government petition > From: Loren Brown > > Subject: FW: Road tax - Government petition > This is the biggest move to tax & infringe on > privacy ever proposed in this Country [UK]! > > It was stated on the news this morning (27th > November 2006) one of the reasons this proposal > has been suggested was to raise money for > possible road building and improvements to > existing roads. It should be noted that all the > money currently collected by the DVLA for road > fund licences, only 23% - 24% is actually spent > on road building and improvements! > > The government's proposal to introduce road > pricing will mean you having to purchase a > tracking device for your car and paying a monthly > bill to use it. The tracking device will cost > about £200 and in a recent study by the BBC the > lowest monthly bill was £28 for a rural florist > and £194 for a delivery driver. A non working Mum > who used the car to take the kids to school paid > £86 in one month. On top of this massive increase > in tax, you will be tracked. Somebody will know > where you are at all times. They will also know > how fast you have been going, so even if you > accidentally creep over a speed limit you can > expect an NIP with your monthly bill. If you care > about our freedoms and stopping the constant > bashing of the car driver, please sign the > petition on No 10's new website, sign up here > > Even if you don't have a car please feel free to forward this e-mail on. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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