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[dapaterson]

Weight = more fuel = more taxes

So indirectly it does that

Problem is that the damage isn't linear with fuel consumption.

 

[ytz]

Problem is that the damage isn't linear with fuel consumption.

Yep. It's not like bike paths have to get resurfaced every summer. Fourth power law makes big rigs painful.

The private sector does a great job of recognizing this differential. Look at the 407's rates by vehicle category.

 

[ytz]

And one Yuan to Xi, pick your poison.

EVs don't have to be made in China. Oil and gas, however, can't simply be manufactured.

All my feedstock and most of the refined fuels come from Western Canada.

The market for oil and gas isn't just restricted to Western Canada as a seller unfortunately.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Problem is that the damage isn't linear with fuel consumption.

Well when EV start paying an actual roadtax, then we can talk weight.

 

[ytz]

Well when EV start paying an actual roadtax, then we can talk weight.

I believe Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia already have specific road taxes for EVs.

Personally, I think it would be great to get rid of excise taxes and go to plate fees that reflect the consumption of the road. Really, no car would be paying less than $300/yr. And should go up from there depending on weight. Which would actually hit EVs cause they are heavy.

But this is an irrelevant tangent to the geopolitics of oil and gas.