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If it is only costing you $2k a year, you are still taking money from tax payers. Cars are a huge burden to a city, costing billions a year in revenue, and more
by megablast 9y ago
If it is only costing you $2k a year, you are still taking money from tax payers. Cars are a huge burden to a city, costing billions a year in revenue, and more in lost revenue. Not including the number of deaths and injuries.
- 1123581321 9y agoDo you have a source on the average annual external cost for cars? There are a quarter million cars in the US, so billions could be anywhere from $4/car/year to $4,000/car/year (unlikely as that would be a third of all state/federal/local income tax.) Carbon offsets cost about $100/year or less. Auto crashes supposedly cost a trillion a year in direct costs and lost time, but those costs are mostly absorbed by insurance, employers and individuals, so don't factor into the $2k/year figure. Interested to see corroborating or contradicting data.