Would anyone accept that increasing gas taxes to give Tesla owners a cash payment is an ethical proposition? Yes, I would accept that. In fact if you consider

Would anyone accept that increasing gas taxes to give Tesla owners a cash payment is an ethical proposition? Yes, I would accept that. In fact if you consider that we are giving Tesla owners a cash payment when they buy the car, a lot of people accept that proposition. I'm not sure why you think that the people most affected by the increase in electricity prices are the poor. Sure, poor people are more susceptible to all price increases, but is electricity worse than food? Or even gas? Note that your electricity bill is heavily dependent on the size of your house. My current electricity bill, all in, is $50 a month. I live in a 1 BR in NYC. Back when I had a 3BR condo in CT, it was $150-$350 a month. The size of the house factors in a lot. I imagine most poor people don't have bedrooms to spare that they spend a bunch of money air conditioning in the summer. I do know that many low income areas are right next to highways, and that pollution from gasoline powered cars impacts the health in those areas greatly. So if you want to talk about ethics, I think it is very ethically appealing to incentivize people to reduce emissions that are likely harming people near highways a lot more than a slight increase in electrical bills or gas taxes.