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Old 10-08-2011, 02:51 PM   #4 (permalink)
redpoint5
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Originally Posted by dremd View Post
Look at it this way, if less Fuel is being sold, less wear is being put on the roads, so the tax should work out about right (up until you get to very few liters and base (time only) wear on roads.)
Great point! Not only less wear on the roads, but less demand for expanding roadway capacity since there are less vehicles on the road.

As much as I despise rising fuel costs, it's an inevitable and necessary evil. I'm looking forward to EVs, and eventually, autonomous vehicles, but fossil fuels must be priced out of the market before these other things are developed and implemented.
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