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Why should the use of electricity be taxed differently? Whether I'm using it to charge a car or power a computer isn't of any business of the state or the utili
by magashna 7y ago
Why should the use of electricity be taxed differently? Whether I'm using it to charge a car or power a computer isn't of any business of the state or the utility company.
Sounds similarly to ISPs and their attempts to zero-rate sites they have deals with. You're just a dumb pipe, what I do with the output is none of your beeswax.
- gambiting 7y agoFor the same reason why diesel that goes into your personal vehicle has road tax applied to it, but diesel for private use, for heating and for agricultural purposes doesn't. It's the exact same stuff though. You could make the same argument here - let me buy diesel at the pump, but what I do with it is none of your business, maybe I'll use it for heating, maybe I'll use it for my car, it's none of the state's business. And look, I get what you mean. But we need to be realistic - our road infrastructure is maintaned from fuel taxes. Those taxes have to be applied to the fuel used by electric cars or we'll find out that somehow we need to come up with the budget for it from elsewhere.