On 3/14/2012 11:37 AM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 3/14/2012 10:09 AM, Edge wrote:
On Mar 14, 9:44 am, wrote:
On Mar 14, 7:56 am, wrote:

I agree with your assessment as far as your bill goes. However,
if you use ONE additional kwh, what is the additional cost ? I bet
it works out to .069 cents.


The distribution cost on my bill is also based on the number of kWh
used. It goes up with usage. It is not a fixed cost.

Anyway, the reason I brought this topic up was an article that I read
comparing cost/mile driven in an electric car versus a gasoline
powered car. The advocates of electric cars used the nominal cost of a
kWh to make it appear that electric cars are much cheaper to operate.
(In my case, .069 vs .149). Also when I fill up my car at the gas
station, I know that a large portion of a gallon of gas goes to taxes
and a road repair fund. Are owners of electric cars getting a free
ride on this also?


Oh, just wait till the politicians start howling for road use taxes for
electric vehicles. I know that some states require all interstate trucks
to have receipts showing that fuel was purchased in that state when the
truck goes through a weigh station.

TDD

They have moved way beyond that. Interestingly enough it is actually fair.

There is an organization called IFTA. If you operate commercial vehicles
interstate you file an electronic return with them and they divy the
taxes up. You report all of the fuel you bought and where you bought in
and the miles your vehicles were driven and where. So say you fill your
truck up in Ohio and drive through PA to NJ. PA gets the same taxes as
if you bought the fuel there and Ohios only gets the taxes on the fuel
used there.

Our former governor was a big proponent of turning all major roads over
to the turnpike. The turnpike is a big, giant huge inefficient
bureaucracy filled with political appointees. The former governors major
justification was that "most trucks driving on I-80 don't pay road use
tax to PA" which is very incorrect.