It's obviously problematic but the impetus: missing tax revenues to pay for infrastructure - is a very real issue. If as it turns out fuel taxes were major con

It's obviously problematic but the impetus: missing tax revenues to pay for infrastructure - is a very real issue. If as it turns out fuel taxes were major contributors to paying for the roads that make cars possible ... well, this issue has to be addressed. Ecological issues aside, the underlying economic impacts are real, and we should consider them enlightening in a way because they help us understand just how much things cost, how they get paid for, and what we're going to need to do if we want to realign everything. Without knowing the breakdown ... maybe it's just possible that good chunk of 'gas savings' is really just 'not having to pay taxes which pay for roads'. Maybe as a commenter above pointed out, it's only closer to '$200/year' - fair enough, but I think even a $200 tax might be unsettling to us as well. I don't know what the answer is, but whatever it is, we can't ignore some of these realities.