4 ms·
$0.25/gallon is roughly a penny a mile. Besides road maintenance, cars also get the right of way, add to the noise/air pollution, and add grave danger to pedes
by francisofascii 8y ago
$0.25/gallon is roughly a penny a mile. Besides road maintenance, cars also get the right of way, add to the noise/air pollution, and add grave danger to pedestrians, all for a penny a mile.
- komali2 8y agoSince the things you just said apply equally across all cars per mile driven, regardless of the reason those cars are being driven (taxis, private, whatever), wouldn't the solution be "increase the gas tax" rather than "ban uber?"
- francisofascii 8y agoYes, not ban, just charge more, regardless of what type of car.
- Spivak 8y agoOther than the fact that it feels cheap and you think drivers deserve to pay more is there any reason that you believe $0.01/mi is too little? I mean it's about $1500 over the life of every car. Does a single passenger vehicle really cause more than $1500 worth of externalities?
- francisofascii 8y agoYes, absolutely. Ten years is a long time. I would argue much more than $1500.
- astura 8y ago>Does a single passenger vehicle really cause more than $1500 worth of externalities? Far, far more than $1,500 over the lifetime of a car. The cost of the externalities are more than the cost of gas itself. https://www.spur.org/publications/urbanist-article/2005-09-01/estimating-external-costs-driving-san-francisco https://www.spur.org/publications/urbanist-article/2005-09-0...