Re: Cost per mile over 10 yr life?



Bruce Sinclair wrote:
> In article <1117069084.109023.5070@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Alex Terrell" <alexterrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Given that most of the cost of fuel in the UK is in the form of
> >> taxes, and given the taxes lost to the state should electric
> >> vehicles become common, I think we can be almsot certain that
> >> taxes will be invented for electric vehicles to make up for the
> >> lost revenue.
> >
> >Not so simple. There are 30 million cars in the UK. If 3 million become
> >PHEVs, the Government will have done nothing, and the price of
> >batteries will have plummetted due to economies of scale.
> >
> >Beyond that, what will the Government do? They can't tax electricity to
> >the same level as petrol / gasoline.
>
> Um .. why not ? What is special about electricity ? :)
> This is governments we are talking about ... yes ?
>
Quintuple the price of electricity?

Because little Betty Pensioner in Wingeville will turn off her
electricity to save money, and die from cold, and the Government will
lose the election, especially since over-65s form about 1/3 of voters.
(Regardless of the fact that she never bothered to insulate the house
or switch to gas -the tabloids won't care).

More genrally, Road User Charging will yield more feathers for less
hissing than very high Electricity Tax. VAT on electricity in the UK is
only 8% - the Government doesn't even dare increase it to the standard
17.5%, let alone the 400% or so of petrol taxes.

.

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