Running a big rig on veggie oil
I have been researching veggie oil as fuel in diesels for years. Seems to have a few downsides and upsides but vegetable oil for fuel is actually what good ol' Rudolph Diesel had in mind for fuel when...
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I think you are missing the fuel tax point. Tax on motor fuel is a road use tax. If you use a road and want that road to stay in good shape, the fuel tax is the main source of funds to do so on most roads that are not part of the interstate system. This includes maintenance of roads crossing interstates on bridges that are rusting out and dropping chunks of concrete onto passing motor homes.
People think of non-toll roads as "free", but the money has to come from somewhere. That income source is you paying taxes on the fuel you use. The alternative is declaring the total number of miles driven a year on your tax return and being taxed x cents a mile. The more people that drive alternative (non-taxed) vehicles, the closer we are to that reality.
This is what pisses me off about the self righteous Prius driver puke who decides to save the world by slowing everyone else down. He's not even paying to use the road he's bottlenecking the third lane on. Meanwhile, my tax cost per mile of road is around a nickle.
I'm not a fan of big gummint either, but there's one thing I'm sure of. The gummint, regardless of size, will find a way to get the money it needs.
People think of non-toll roads as "free", but the money has to come from somewhere. That income source is you paying taxes on the fuel you use. The alternative is declaring the total number of miles driven a year on your tax return and being taxed x cents a mile. The more people that drive alternative (non-taxed) vehicles, the closer we are to that reality.
This is what pisses me off about the self righteous Prius driver puke who decides to save the world by slowing everyone else down. He's not even paying to use the road he's bottlenecking the third lane on. Meanwhile, my tax cost per mile of road is around a nickle.
I'm not a fan of big gummint either, but there's one thing I'm sure of. The gummint, regardless of size, will find a way to get the money it needs.
