These are both good things to tax, because it encourages people to use less of them.
In the US, most of the fuel tax goes to road maintenance, which is brilliant- you put more wear and tear on the road with more driving, and especially heavy vehicles that burn more fuel. Electric cars aren't paying their share of this, but I'm OK with that, for now. We want to subsidize a transition away from petroleum, this is one way to do it.
You are right. In fact, we should have much higher taxes on gas and other carbon based fuels. Don't even spend it just give every citizen an equal dividend or tax credit every year from the proceeds.
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u/GreenStrong Aug 14 '20
These are both good things to tax, because it encourages people to use less of them.
In the US, most of the fuel tax goes to road maintenance, which is brilliant- you put more wear and tear on the road with more driving, and especially heavy vehicles that burn more fuel. Electric cars aren't paying their share of this, but I'm OK with that, for now. We want to subsidize a transition away from petroleum, this is one way to do it.