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Nothing in the post you're responding to suggests that EV trucking would solve weight. If EV trucking did become common then the model of funding road infrastru
by plorkyeran 2y ago
Nothing in the post you're responding to suggests that EV trucking would solve weight. If EV trucking did become common then the model of funding road infrastructure with fuel taxes would stop working, but that hasn't actually happened yet.
- dgfitz 2y agoSo, instead of taxing fuel, the tax is at the "electric pump" and no money is saved, and the roads still get beat up? I think the theme is people are tired of spending an exorbitant amount of money of transportation fuel.
- cogman10 2y agoRoads will always get beat up. Roads always need maintenance. The question is who will pay for it and how will it be funded. Another truth is that shipping and transportation are two major CO2 emitters. Climate change is real, and CO2 emissions are the primary driver of it. So, with that in mind, we have an already existing carbon tax both federally and in most states which directly correlates to CO2 emissions. And, conveniently, it is also directly linked to common needed infrastructure damaged the most by vehicles that use the most fuel. It's the fuel tax. Now, we could talk policy to handle people tired of spending money on transportation fuel. Perhaps we have a fuel tax break for people earning less than 100k. Perhaps we subsize the purchase of more fuel-efficient vehicles. Perhaps we incentivize the production of small trucks, and we outlaw oversized pickup trucks and SUVs for personal use. All solvable problems that could be tackled with separate policy.