Don't know if this has been mentioned here before, but the state of Oregon, USA has taken a different approach to replacing the gas tax, and "off road" fuel taxes with an alternative, since many people are now using hybrid and alternative fuels and they are losing so much money:
"This fall, about 250 drivers in the Eugene area will get their cars installed with global positioning devices to distinguish miles inside and outside Oregon. How far the vehicle travels instate will be recorded on a separate odometer and in an onboard computer, and when the driver stops to refuel, that information will be transmitted through the gas station's system to a central computer. The driver will pay 1.25 cents a mile - roughly the equivalent of what a vehicle with the state's average fuel efficiency would pay in gas tax. The per-mile tax will appear on the driver s gas bill instead of the per-gallon tax. " Full article: http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/11295714 htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp Jerry _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
