Re: Cost per mile over 10 yr life?

I know it's not a technical argument, and I know that it could end up letting people put pollution into the back of thier heads (instead in front where it should worry everyone everyday) but the elimination of diffuse internal-combustion-engine pollution would be welcome, and the external costs could be factored in.


(yes the gov't will lose money on petrol taxes... but in the long run they will save a lot of money on treating illnesses due to respiratory problems, and noise problems, and accidents (I presume ele cars are lighter, less damage in case of accident) etc. don't know when/if it would balance out...)


Mel)


Alex Terrell a écrit : 

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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