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Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules (www.nytimes.com)
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New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.

Electricification is the one thing that could make the price of gas irrelevant for Americans

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[–] 0 points 1 month ago* (9 children)

Bear with my ignorance, but what are the issues you see with registration-based usage taxes?

Electric usage tax has the same problem as a gas tax in that it's decoupled from actual public road usage.

edit: hit "send" before actually done writing... Whoops.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (8 children)

    Are you registering miles per year on roads as well?

    Why would someone who drives 10 miles a day past the same massive registration cost as someone who drives 100 or 500 miles per day?

    That's why it's tied to gas atm. The higher usage the more you pay.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Sorry, I missed the point where registration includes odometer readings. Sure, it's possible that someone could be driving 10k miles off-road and 100 miles on-road, thereby paying for more than they're using, but it seems quite niche and less complicated a trade-off (and much less tied to fossil fuels) than gas tax.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (6 children)

    You said it should be tied to registration. But it's tied to gas because that reflects miles/usage and wear better

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Did you read anything I wrote about electrification? The moment you add a battery it stops reflecting usage.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (4 children)

    How will registration only be fair to those who don't drive much and still make those who drive constantly/ for work pay more?

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  • [–] 0 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    Think for about 30 seconds after rereading this thread. I believe in you. You've got everything you need.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    You've had many posts none of which offer details after asking for them, so I don't believe in you

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  • [–] 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    An odometer is a device that measures distance driven by a vehicle. Is that your missing detail?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago

    How do you enforce it? All it tells is the existing milage not usage.

    Do you pro rate it? What if someone sells the car mid year?

    Do you pay the difference next year? What happens if you buy the car someone drove all year as Uber but only said they'd drive 10k miles total? Nope you have a bill for 70k miles you didn't drive?

    Gee only a few issues here.

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