Comments on: Poor, Out-of-Date State Gas Tax Policies Costing U.S. $130 Billion/Year, Study Finds http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/17/poor-out-of-date-state-gas-tax-policies-costing-u-s-130-billionyear-study-finds/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Bike the Nation: Miami-Dade County Part 2 http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/17/poor-out-of-date-state-gas-tax-policies-costing-u-s-130-billionyear-study-finds/#comment-112050 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:37 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33097#comment-112050 […] noted that state bike improvements come from the gas tax, which is a standard, set number that doesn’t rise with gas prices. In his and many others’ opinion, there is not enough money coming in from the gas tax.  Mr. […]

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/17/poor-out-of-date-state-gas-tax-policies-costing-u-s-130-billionyear-study-finds/#comment-110531 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:44:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33097#comment-110531 The gas guzzler is paying three times (or more) per mile for both fuel and in taxes. There’s a reason why the Hummer is no longer manufactured.

People are buying a lot more efficient cars than inefficient ones these days. As the economy picks up, people return to driving more and use more fuel the price of fuel will rise higher. That will send more people looking for efficiency.

The poor sales of EVs can be blamed on a very poor economy in which people are buying little. We’re not likely to see EV prices drop this year because manufacturers locked in battery prices at higher than current levels. When the 2013 models hit the market we should expect lower prices and hopefully a much better economy.

]]> By: Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/17/poor-out-of-date-state-gas-tax-policies-costing-u-s-130-billionyear-study-finds/#comment-110517 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:42:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33097#comment-110517 Well said. It’s really a shame not enough people understand basic economics well enough to know that the market makes mistakes (externalities) causing unbalanced harm to society, and that a fundamental role of government is to make companies internalize those costs so that their products are fairly priced.

]]> By: Ftp http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/17/poor-out-of-date-state-gas-tax-policies-costing-u-s-130-billionyear-study-finds/#comment-110512 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:12:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33097#comment-110512 In world where there is no “taxation” on gas guzzlers, and no reward for EVs and other environmentally friendly methods of transportation, we can NEVER put together a fair taxation formula. Period, end of story.
The guy who doesn’t actually NEED to have a vehicle that only gets 15mpg, and the guy that has a Prius pay the same per gallon tax…..but makes 3 TIMES the polution, and sequesters 3 TIMES the natural resources are taxed equally……no wonder not enough people are buying EVs and Hybrids.
Our politicians aren’t intelligent to address how the human mind works…..

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/17/poor-out-of-date-state-gas-tax-policies-costing-u-s-130-billionyear-study-finds/#comment-109708 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:09:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33097#comment-109708 Washington state is attempting to fill the missing millions by charging the few EVs on the road $100 road use tax.
Rather than actually take a look at restructuring the road tax issues, they are trying to slap a band-aid on it. Not very far sighted since the CAFE standards basically mandate that road taxes with be halved by the time the 54 MPG target is hit.

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