On 26 Jan 2020 at 2:32, Peter VanDerWal via EV wrote: > In fairness, I can see the logic behind these schemes.
Punitive EV road taxes are neither logical nor fair. ICEV emissions cost the public -- both in taxes to pay for the environmental damage, and in higher health insurance costs. EVs reduce those public costs. Governments should be PAYING EV owners, not penalizing them. Most other first world nations offer EV owners reduced licensing and tax rates. I know of no other country where EV owners are expected to pay road taxes directly. Many nations also generously directly subsidize purchase of EVs and/or waive purchase taxes on EVs. They do these things because EVs help them realize their carbon reduction goals, and reduce their long term public costs. They WANT their citizens to buy and drive EVs. Obvously, some US states don't. In fact, some are charging, or will soon charge, EV owners MORE in taxes than owners of similar ICEVs pay in fuel tax. I don't think that's an accident. As I said, no green deed goes unpunished. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
