I believe it started out as a comment concerning an RV'er being issued a rather substantial fine for running bio-diesel in his pusher motor home. The fed's believe he is bypassing the road tax issue.

Several posters felt that he was cheating them out of tax dollars since the road tax paid on pump fuel (gas and diesel) pays a good portion of road maintenance and expansion.

Never really gave it much thought, but I can't see that all the bio-diesel, CNG, hydrogen/fuel cell, electric vehicles out there really would have that much of an impact on the total tax base.

If I drive slower on the freeway to conserve fuel (assuming that's valid), am I cheating someone else who drives faster? We both cover the same distance, and place essentially the same burden on the road. I pay less in taxes since less fuel was consumed.

Were EV's taxed in a different way, could you recharge at home or were you required to use dedicated recharge stations where you paid a road surcharge?

Cheers, Mark