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| Ev Archive for February 1998 |
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| 1301 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:41:42 2001 |
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Re: Cheaper than water
On Thu, 26 Feb 1998 19:05:36 -0700, Mark Brueggemann wrote:
>To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <EV@SJSUVM1.SJSU.EDU>
>Subject: Re: gas is now MUCH cheaper than bottled water
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>> Somewhat off topic, but only somewhat,
>> Just saw gas for .99 a gallon. THIS is what even yellowtops can't
>> beat: government subsidized (almost free) dense energy. GACK!
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>If I'm not mistaken, isn't most of the price of gas in taxes of one form or
>another? Just because our government isn't raping us as bad as some other
>countries, I'd hardly call that subsidized. The point is valid though,
>it's hard to justify (from a cost basis) electric cars when gas is
>inexpensive and plentiful (for now).
It's not our gas that's subsidized. It's out roads. In most
other western countries, gas taxes are used to pay for road
construction and maintenance. The idea is that the people who use them
more should pay more. Bigger vehicles cause more wear on the road and
coincidentally tend to use more fuel. In this country, I can take the
subway to work every day, and I'm still paying to keep up the
interstate on the other end of the country. Now THAT's a subsidy!
Re: Cheaper than water
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