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Default True cost of "filling" an electric car?

On 02/04/16 00:52, John Rumm wrote:
On 01/04/2016 21:04, Tim Watts wrote:
On 01/04/16 20:34, John Rumm wrote:

And don't forget that if lots of people did it, they would find a way of
taxing it! ;-)



Yes, yes they would certainly try.

Though I am not sure how... Recalls DVD Region Coding farce and decss
debarcle)


Slap a premium on the annual car tax...



That would be refreshing transparent by government standards...

They would certainly do something - look at diesel and LPG. But as you
cannot put markers on electrons, taxing the fuel does not seem to be one
of the options.