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Automotive News & Views Is a Higher Gasoline Tax Good Or Bad For America?
849 messages, Last post on Nov 19, 2009 at 2:22 PM
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Replying to: kernick (Jul 06, 2009 9:42 am) Two weeks later, he got five traffic fine letters in the mail for driving without a seat belt. 
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Replying to: dtownfb (Jul 06, 2009 10:59 am) Well, that means giving hybrid or plug-in or home-grown biofuel users a free ride for their use of the road. |
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 06, 2009 1:22 pm) I can't imagine local Lefties driving a Pious would object to another tax as sofar they've never met a tax they didn't like. 
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Replying to: euphonium (Jul 06, 2009 2:58 pm) 66-685 (Operative date January 1, 2005). Purpose of act. The purpose of the Alternative Fuel Tax Act is to supplement the provisions of the tax upon motor fuels by requiring any person who operates on the highways of this state a motor vehicle powered by alternative fuel to purchase an alternative fuel user permit to pay such person's estimated fuel use tax liability. http://www.revenue.state.ne.us/fuels/statutes/alt_fuel_tax.htm
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 06, 2009 3:11 pm) Maybe they can just add the fee to the water bill. "For ethanol from irrigated corn grown in Nebraska, travel in a car that achieves 16 mpg of ethanol represents the use of about 50 gal of water/mile driven (gwpm), the study calculates." Penn Energy |
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 06, 2009 3:11 pm) E10 is like a gasoline tax in that it reduces gas mileage by 10% in many cars, but does not cost less than pure gasoline. Because of reduced gas mileage and energy used for ethanol/corn production/distribution, E10 actually increases net oil consumption. The corn conglomerate is enriched by this tax. Now that observant consumers are exposing the scam, the Greenies should admit their mistake and shut down corn ethanol production before they lose what little is left of their credibility. |
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 06, 2009 1:22 pm) Maybe we need to move to a system where the tax is placed on Tires instead of gas.  That seems fair to me as everyone then will be taxed for using the road regardless of their energy-mode, and everyone's vehicle will then be taxed based on the factors of their weight and how much they are used, as this will affect how long their tires last. So remove all road-repair taxes from gasoline and diesel, and lets just start taxing tires of all sorts! 
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Replying to: kernick (Aug 06, 2009 8:46 am)  ). Right now, tire fees in nine states are deposited into the state’s general fund instead of clean-up, which is the usual reason for collecting separate tire "taxes." Tire Fees and Recycling: How Does Your State Compare? (Tire Industry Organization) |
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Oil Industry Sets a Brisk Pace of New Discoveries More than 200 discoveries have been reported so far this year in dozens of countries, including northern Iraq’s Kurdish region, Australia, Israel, Iran, Brazil, Norway, Ghana and Russia. They have been made by international giants, like Exxon Mobil, but also by industry minnows, like Tullow Oil. Just this month, BP said that it found a giant deepwater field that might turn out to be the biggest oil discovery ever in the Gulf of Mexico, while Anadarko announced a large find in an “exciting and highly prospective” region off Sierra Leone. It is normal for companies to discover billions of barrels of new oil every year, but this year’s pace is unusually brisk. New oil discoveries have totaled about 10 billion barrels in the first half of the year, according to IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates. If discoveries continue at that pace through year-end, they are likely to reach the highest level since 2000. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/business/energy-environment/24oil.html It is reflected in the drop of oil prices today. I hope it holds out for my vacation in my Gas Guzzling Sequoia. C'mon $2 gas...
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