Re: [Vo]:Taxing vehicles for road maintenance in the cold fusion era

2011-05-10 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > This is already becoming an issue, with high efficiency hybrid vehicles and > electric vehicles. I think three solutions are available: Washington state is considering a flat fee: http://green.autoblog.com/2011/02/09/state-of-washington-mu

Re: [Vo]:Taxing vehicles for road maintenance in the cold fusion era

2011-05-10 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:32 AM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: > They already have set up a lot of fast lane toll gates in Illinois. > You purchase a "box" and affix it to the inside of your windshield. > You go to a web site and monitor your funds account. It's pretty > painless. Yes, t

Re: [Vo]:Taxing vehicles for road maintenance in the cold fusion era

2011-05-10 Thread Craig Haynie
>>>This is already becoming an issue, with high efficiency hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles. I think three solutions are available: Or we could sell the roads and let the market work out pricing and payment. :) Craig Haynie Manchester, NH

Re: [Vo]:Taxing vehicles for road maintenance in the cold fusion era

2011-05-10 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed: > 3. Use many more toll roads, with electronic toll collection rather than > toll gates, so that traffic does not have to slow down or stop. This has > been proposed in Georgia to replace some of the High Occupancy > Vehicle (HOV) lanes. They already have set up a lot of fast lane toll

Re: [Vo]:Taxing vehicles for road maintenance in the cold fusion era

2011-05-10 Thread Man on Bridges
Hi, On 10-5-2011 17:03, Jed Rothwell wrote: noone noone wrote: 2) They could try to tax every vehicle that uses the E-Cat. They could state, "Since we are losing revenue from taxes on gasoline, we will need to add an upfront tax on every E-Cat powered vehicle. Otherwise, we will not be able

[Vo]:Taxing vehicles for road maintenance in the cold fusion era

2011-05-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
noone noone wrote: 2) They could try to tax every vehicle that uses the E-Cat. They could state, "Since we are losing revenue from taxes on gasoline, we will need to add an upfront tax on every E-Cat powered vehicle. Otherwise, we will not be able to pay to maintain the roads." This is alrea