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John Williamson wrote:
I have often thought that.
Electricity would still be relatively tax free though.

Only until it becomes popular and starts making a noticeable dent in the
tax take from fossil fuels, then they will find a way to tax its use for
transport. The government will be extremely reluctant to give up the
revenue from petrol and diesel.

Unlike diesel etc which you can mark in some way to differentiate between
that used for road vehicles and other uses, electricity can't.

The only way therefore is to tax actual road usage - perfectly practical
these days.

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