Bosco-d-gama Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 So...... the driving public has been pummeled with guilt driven marketing into needing higher efficiency vehicles. Of course with gas prices being volatile a more efficient vehicle clearly merits consideration. And at the top of this eco-heap are electric vehicles delivering good and clean mileage for today’s commuters. Yes humanity needs to be conscious of earths needs so all of this makes sense....... and they save $$ too by buying less petrol. Jokes on us. States tax gas sales heavily to source income for civic projects, supposedly mostly for street work. Several states have formally recognized that more efficient cars means lower tax revenues. They postulate that these higher efficiency cars use roads as much as their guzzling counterparts so they must pay up somehow. Utah, Oregon have already set vehicle registration penalties for high mileage cars. Registration fees will double or triple for these eco-friendly cars to make up for gas taxes not paid for at the pump. So we now have gas guzzler and non gas-guzzler monetary penalties for our cars. This reminds me of the other energy efficient arena...... home power usage. The more efficient you make your home the higher the rates for energy utilities simply because they need income. It all rolls downhill and the well meaning consumer gets scrooched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Makes alot of sense. Yes you can have this it that as long as I agree to pay the Piper. When all the resources are used, then you may have your solar,wind, etc. The one constant is,"just as long as as it does not.hurt our bottom line..." Meanwhile, VW and other new entries should help with the ratrace economic s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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billybob Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 When the rap stops working then the PR is, we are with you.Have been all along.See, we are spending big money to make it true,.... some day... maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted January 5, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 5, 2020 It's not just electric vehicles, we have a hybrid which is not electric. When we got the normal annual tax bill there was a special tax on hybrids, $100 added to the bill. It felt like a discouragement to head in that direction. We did NOT look for that kind of car but got a great deal on the car and did not even realize at first it was that kind of hybrid, it's really a half assed attempt to help mileage which it fails at for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 The paradox you save on gas, but they still want the revenue from the fuel you didn't buy..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 & the electricity to charge isn’t free... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 } What is the saying - “ there is no free lunch” — . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Politicians always have their tentacles out feeling around for money. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 20 hours ago, Bosco-d-gama said: And at the top of this eco-heap are electric vehicles delivering good and clean mileage for today’s commuters. Here in West Virginia we refer to those as "coal burning cars." 😎 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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