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Originally Posted by Chas H
The tax on fuel in Europe generally pays for health care. How much a month do you pay in healthcare/insurance?
If taxes were raised, I think more drivers would drive less and more would consider the purchase of an electric car. Both of these results are actually a benefit, but both would reduce tax revenue.
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They could easily tax 10 cents more and nobody would even notice. Of course they would be outraged if they told them in advance.
There aren't any electric cars to be bought! Even if the Volt or whatever actually gets produced, it's not like everyone is going to have a mass sell off and go buy one. People are already paying a ton for fuel in Europe...they just buy diesel. Most of their diesels are equal to, if not better, on fuel than any hybrid we have access to (minus the old Insight)
Point being, maybe this might be a viable option in like 10 years, but certainly not until then. They'll be making plenty. Until there are so many fully electric cars on the road that it actually starts to have an impact on the government's income, it's pointless.
I don't want some dumb government GPS in my car, following me around everywhere.
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