On Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:46:25 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Oct 13, 1:32*am, a friend
wrote:

What gunner and the other guys who want to use home natural gas are
trying to do is to cheat the public by not paying the road use taxes
that come with using commercially supplied fuel -

That is part of the attraction of plug in electric cars.

Why the hell not get a tax break on it?

The owner of that electric or CNG car just spent a *lot* of money to
be able to use the alternate fuel and to cut their emissions way down.
At a minimum, $10,000 /per vehicle/ between the vehicle's gas tanks
controls and operating gear, and the refueling equipment at its home
base. Or for electrics and hybrids, at least the same in batteries
controls and chargers.

For that large an up-front investment, there needs to be a long-term
payback, or nobody will do it.

Now I could see them tracking the electricity and NG usage (separate
metering) and charging the Road Taxes at a reasonable and equivalent
rate if the overall price benefits are still there - but government
has NEVER been known to stop at a 'reasonable' rate when they smell
money for the taking - the citizens often have to stop them.

If they take their usual path and tax it heavier than gasoline
"because they can, the base price is lower and is an unfair advantage"
to try and make an income stream, they kill the Golden Goose.

-- Bruce --