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Why? Truck seamlessly and scalably move cargo for thousands of customers at once. Distributing that to hundreds of smaller trucks for tax efficiency would be wo
by hackernewds 3y ago
Why? Truck seamlessly and scalably move cargo for thousands of customers at once. Distributing that to hundreds of smaller trucks for tax efficiency would be worse for the env
- cozzyd 3y agoIt wouldn't make sense to distribute to smaller trucks for tax efficiency when considering the cost of the extra trucks, drivers, and loading/unloading. And besides, trucks already pay more in fuel tax. A mileage tax is going to be a necessity with electrification in the future, and it doesn't make sense for all weight-classes to pay the same tax as they don't do equal damage to roads.
- thecopy 3y ago>equal damage to roads. That's an understatement. Afaik damage to the road scales with weight to the _FOURTH_ power.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoDon’t wheels and weight distribution have something to do with this? Otherwise this property would be really easy to game.
- cozzyd 3y agoyeah I think the power law is on axle load
- dontlaugh 3y agoNeither compares in efficiency to trains.
- replygirl 3y agotrains