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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jplante4 wrote:
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..
Well I can't speak for all the electric car users (who I hope to join someday) but as a Canadian who also owns property in the US, I can say I pay a helluva lotta taxes - to BOTH governments. Which is why I would have absolutely no qualms about driving my DP "tax free". I've paid my fair share and then some. If they want to chase tax dollars they better look elsewhere.
