Electric Vehicle Owners Should Not Pay Fees

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9. Seeing as there are no "electric vehicles prohibited" roads in the U.S.

I think paying something to keep roads up is fair for electric vehicles. Base it on miles driven? Gasoline that otherwise has not been purchased? Let's map that out a little bit. Let's assume a paltry 25 mpg that many gas-powered vehicles don't even quite meet (which is another rant for another day). Let's further assume 10,000 miles driven annually, which means consuming 400 gallons of gasoline annually. The federal gas tax is a paltry $0.18 per gallon (and should be higher, but again, another rant for another day). That's $72 in missing taxes annually because you're driving an electric instead of a gasoline-powered vehicle. But there's also lower emissions from the vehicle (though that's partially offset by the carbon cost of the electricity the vehicle runs on), so let's trim the obligation down to $5 a month, or $60 per year.

Doesn't sound so onerous, does it?