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The article would be more helpful if it provided estimates of what gasoline-vehicle owners typically pay each year. If it is equivalent, and I doubt it is, the
by your-nanny 7y ago
The article would be more helpful if it provided estimates of what gasoline-vehicle owners typically pay each year.
If it is equivalent, and I doubt it is, then a more effective strategy would not be lump sum shockers like this.
- akersten 7y agoIt's in the article: > the proposed legislation would also more than double the state’s gas tax to 44 cents a gallon and raise the registration fee for standard vehicles to $148, from $98, among other elements.
- your-nanny 7y agoonly if you make assumptions or seek out information about fuel efficiency and miles typically driven in that state.
- 1123581321 7y agoThe same bill proposes a 44c/gallon tax, which means an EV registration prepays for about 60-70k miles of driving. Since neither gasoline nor electric cars or light trucks do any damage to roads compared to commercial trucking, it doesn’t make sense to talk about either kind of car paying its fair share. That is just a rhetorical method of selling the public on a new tax.
- CompelTechnic 7y agoIn Illinois most of the wear on the asphalt surface occurs via ice and snow causing potholes. This happens over time regardless of heavy traffic.
- basilgohar 7y agoWhile this may be true, big rigs and other ultra-heavy vehicles cause a disproportionate amount of wear as well. [0] https://streets.mn/2016/07/07/chart-of-the-day-vehicle-weight-vs-road-damage-levels/ https://streets.mn/2016/07/07/chart-of-the-day-vehicle-weigh...
- reaperducer 7y agoThe source for that data is a bicycling blog in Colorado which no longer exists. Without verifiable data, I'd ignore it.
- unstatusthequo 7y agoIf they used crumb rubber asphalt hybrid, it wouldn't be a problem, but the fucking unions lobbied and blocked it. I cant find that source but recall it was a story on the news years ago in Chicago. Unions said if that was used, they'd be out of jobs becuase roads would last longer... yeah. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubberized_asphalt https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubberized_asphalt
- 1123581321 7y agoTrucking and weather damage both contribute, and each exacerbates the other. On roads with lighter traffic, patches last longer, too.
- reaperducer 7y agocompared to commercial trucking Commercial trucking pays far higher fuel, registration, and road use taxes than private automobiles.
- 1123581321 7y agoYes, but those costs are still disproportionately low compared to road wear and value per trip. Cars and light trucks pay fuel taxes simply because regressive, automatically applied taxes are easy to collect and aren’t challenged by effective legislation.
- joezydeco 7y ago...or if it included amount of Federal tax credit the EV owners got from the government when they purchased the car.