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[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The average vehicle is, for the last 20 years or so, pegged at 4000 lbs when doing road damage calculations. A Chevy bolt EV is around 3800 lbs, or smaller than average, while Tesla vehicles are heavier. Road damage is proportional to the per axle weight to the fourth power, or in short "The fourth power law". The take away point from that law is that all vehicles in and around that 4000 lb range and nothing, notta, moot, compared to large trucks and shipping rigs. Small increases in weight mean big differences in road wear.

As an example. Take the bolt EV at 3800 lbs, the F150 at 4200 lbs, and the F350 at 6764 lbs.

The bolt and f150 would have 1900lbs and 2100lbs per axle respectively. Applying the fourth power rule the F150 does (2100/1900)^4= 1.49 times the damage of a Bolt EV. Meanwhile the F350 does , (3382/1900)^4 = 10 times the road damage.

So then, is it true that the F150 and F350 will be made to pay 1.5 and 10 times the registration and fuel taxes of an EV like the Bolt? I have not yet seen this to be true anywhere EV taxes are reality. Now imagine how much damage a delivery van, or large shipping vehicle does.

The other part of this is environmental damage, are these states going to find a way to charge for carbon emissions proportionally from the gas vehicles? Of course not.

[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago

The new plug-in Prius is slightly better at 3500 pounds, per Wikipedia

[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There will come a time very soon — mark my words on this — when Democrats, armed with the precedent of the EV tax, will turn around and try to impose their own punitive taxes on previously purchased household items they’d like to stamp out, like that gas range in your kitchen. I’m sure that in some quarters of the left, the lightbulb has already clicked on.

Unless that, too, is suddenly taxable.

Democrats don’t give a rat’s ass about gas stoves or your light bulbs. That was completely manufactured Fox News Extended Universe slop. Not one elected Democrat said anything about stoves.

And you should be gently encouraged to use LED light bulbs. It’s the same fucking thing but lasts longer. Incandescent light bulbs were the actual scam:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

To be fair, gas stoves put out a lot of benzene and are known to increase cancer rates in those who live in homes with natural gas stoves. If anything they should be taxed to pay into cancer healthcare costs.