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Originally Posted by WVOtoGO
So how do you feel about gas/electric hybrids ? When they are driving down the road on the batteries, they are “wrecking the roads and not paying for the fixing“. Are they not? Or do you justify it with the gas being used in charging the batteries? Also - The owner isn’t paying any highway taxes via their electric bill when it comes to fully electric cars either. What about that? Could be as many of those out there as WVO burners.
Hell, I do pay the taxes when I buy the RUG to mix in my WVO. And at a <20mpg consumption rate, I’m quite often (if not always) paying more HW taxes per miles of road wrecked than most of the hybrids at 50mpg.
Damn - How can those people sleep at night?
And to think, our government even gave a lot of them incentives to do it.
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With your last line, you have just given the answer to your question. I'm sure that in the case of WVO and SVO, govt sanction wasn't present as it is with hybrid, elec, or whatever is out there. I don't know why you think I would justify this, that or the other. I'm not into rationalizing, justification or whatever you want to call it. I may lie, cheat or steal from others but I will always be honest with myself. I don't hide facts from myself. I don't try convince myself that what I am doing is ok or not as bad as others or whatever is in between. If I make a C on my test, I don't say I am better than the guy who got a D or C- or F. I made a C. Plain and simple. If I got lost trying to find a specific place, I am not going for a nice ride, scenic tour or whatever. I got lost and it is not desirable.
Yes, but to be specific, you DON'T pay taxes on the WVO part of your fuel. Maybe you wreck the road more or less than hybrid owners. So what? That is not the point is it? They have been given clearance because the govt wants to be able to say "I care about the environment, alternative fuel, etc, etc". You, OTOH, haven't.