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> Every person that generates their own electricity stops paying their fair share of maintaining the grid "their fair share." What exactly is that for somethin
by cronix 5y ago
> Every person that generates their own electricity stops paying their fair share of maintaining the grid
"their fair share." What exactly is that for something you don't use?
This is a bit like saying everyone who walks/bikes to work stops paying their fair share of gas taxes that maintain the roads their food arrives on.
- neutronicus 5y agoIn this hypothetical, they are still using the Grid to power their homes at night
- cronix 5y agoYou added that part.
- giaour 5y ago> This is a bit like saying everyone who walks/bikes to work stops paying their fair share of gas taxes that maintain the roads their food arrives on. I haven't seen people argue this point for people who don't own a car, but my state does have a special levy on electric and high efficiency vehicles to make up for lost gas tax revenues: https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/#highwayuse_fee.asp https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/#highwayuse_fee.asp
- scheme271 5y agoThey actually do. Gas taxes pay about 60% of the costs to maintain the road infrastructure and given that the damage caused to roads increases as the square of the vehicle's weight, walking/biking causes minimal wear and is offset by the 40% of road costs that come from general taxes.