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Instead of subsidizing EVs, put a surcharge on all gas cars

Posted on 9/15/23 at 3:54 pm
Posted by djmed
Member since Aug 2020
3208 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 3:54 pm
these geniuses really do want to make everyone poor. or dead.

Letters to the Editor: Instead of subsidizing EVs, put a surcharge on all gas cars


Rather than thinking in terms of EV subsidies, we should be imposing a surcharge on the purchase of gasoline-powered vehicles to pay for the environmental damage they will do over their lifespan. The proceeds could be used to improve charging infrastructure, or to continue to subsidize low-income EV purchasers, as the state's new program does.

Such a surcharge could eliminate the price difference between EVs and gas-powered cars at no cost to taxpayers

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Posted by Herschal
Land of the Free
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Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
82842 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 3:57 pm to
Read the other day there’s a real fear amongst engineers around the weight of all these new EVs and the potential for parking garage collapses.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
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Posted on 9/15/23 at 4:03 pm to
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to pay for the environmental damage they will do over their lifespan.


There is no environmental damage.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
133473 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 4:07 pm to
The government is always scheming. So greedy. Not only do they get to print their own money they get to legally steal it and come up with new ways of stealing it. Very greedy.
Posted by Audustxx
Member since Jul 2022
1862 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 4:10 pm to
I was thinking about possibly of tipping over islands, I’m trying to think like a democrat
Posted by LSUbest
Coastal Plain
Member since Aug 2007
13309 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 4:13 pm to
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at no cost to taxpayers


Dumb as a rock.
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
76967 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 4:33 pm to
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Such a surcharge could eliminate the price difference between EVs and gas-powered cars at no cost to taxpayers


Is math not taught any more?
Posted by Von
Wichita Falls, TX
Member since Feb 2019
2644 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 4:48 pm to
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The government is always scheming.


Always. The green energy and climate change hoaxes are fertile ground for an endless supply of hiked fees and surcharges.
Very sustainable frickery.
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/does-your-state-charge-electric-car-drivers-extra-for-not-pumping-gas-these-33-states-do
Posted by timdonaghyswhistle
Member since Jul 2018
19680 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 4:50 pm to
This is the kind of thing you propose when elections are just a big show.
Posted by keks tadpole
Yellow Leaf Creek
Member since Feb 2017
8190 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 4:53 pm to
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Read the other day there’s a real fear amongst engineers around the weight of all these new EVs and the potential for parking garage collapses.


not to mention the wear and tear on light-duty parking lots (that are typically compacted sand/clay with 1-1/2" of wearing surface)
Posted by Flockofseagulls84
Member since Sep 2023
224 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 4:59 pm to
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This is the kind of thing you propose when elections are just a big show.


Well it’s an illegitimate regime but don’t worry we’re gonna vote harder next year
Posted by LuckyTiger
Someone's Alter
Member since Dec 2008
49788 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 5:03 pm to
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Such a surcharge could eliminate the price difference between EVs and gas-powered cars at no cost to taxpayers



Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
60854 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 5:04 pm to
Yeah, tell you what. Just drill the oil and quit drumming up nonsense to occupy your little brain and making life exceedingly more difficult for people to live their lives? How about that instead?

Posted by bird35
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
13140 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 5:09 pm to
When people who have owned EVs for 8 or 9 years go to trade them in and the gas version of the vehicle is worth $15,000 and the Electric version is worth $900 sales of EVs will plummet because most people will only buy one in a lifetime.

Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
21533 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 5:32 pm to
Honest question, do we need to adopt EVs any more quickly than we already are?
Posted by faraway
Member since Nov 2022
3270 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 7:17 pm to
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The government is always scheming. So greedy. Not only do they get to print their own money
the government does not print money. the federal reserve is a private bank.
Posted by Flockofseagulls84
Member since Sep 2023
224 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 7:18 pm to
Imagine believing this^
Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
51460 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 7:23 pm to
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Letters to the Editor: Instead of subsidizing EVs, put a surcharge on all gas cars


More proof ^^ the ideological divide between MAGA/America First and the cultural Marxists/Dims/Groomers is unbridgeable.
Posted by LSUnation78
Northshore
Member since Aug 2012
13513 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 7:24 pm to
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to pay for the environmental damage



To pay WHO for the environmental damage?
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