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And do your calculations include subsidies? In that case it's not necessarily "saving cash" but "taking a transfer payment from taxpayers."

• rb666 8y ago
  Fossil fuels are heavily subsidized, so your point is moot.
  • parsnips 8y ago
    They're not only not heavily subsidized by consumers, but one of the most taxed consumer goods you can buy (besides cigarettes).
    • Retric 8y ago
      Coal power power for example does not need to cover the deaths directly caused by it's pollution. That's a vast subsidy. Roads revive rather large subsidies from the general funds outside of gas taxes which is another large subsidy, though electric cars revive even larger subsides by not needing to pay for their use. PS: Look at taxes for Farm use vehicles fuel to get a better picture of the actual 'subsidy' vs 'tax'. The tipping point is very much a subsidy. https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/fuel-and-road-use-tax-agriculture-tax-tips https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...
      • aeorgnoieang 8y ago
        Surely the reasonable behavior would be to NOT subsidize any of these things. Your point tho is (sadly) correct.