Gas $$$.

westernrvparkowner wrote:
A 2019 GMC Terrain SUV is rated at 29 MPG city and 38 MPG highway. That is much more fuel efficient than any small car from a decade or two ago. Fuel prices are rising not only because the price of crude has risen, but also because the costs of labor have risen. There is a shortage of oil field workers. There is a shortage of drivers for fuel delivery trucks. The corner convenience/gas store has trouble finding employees. All those rising costs play into the price of a gallon of fuel. Then there is the fact that several states saw the depressed price of fuel as an opportunity to raise the taxes on fuel and fly under the public radar.
We will likely see more increases down the road. The fact that vehicles are more fuel efficient now than in the past has had a detrimental effect on the tax revenues collected by the Federal Government for highway funds. Those taxes have always been cents on the gallon. More fuel efficiency means more miles of wear and tear per gallon spreading those tax revenues thinner and thinner. Add in electric vehicles and it is even worse. A day of reckoning is coming.

In this case I agree with you. I think it will become necessary to change from a gas tax to a user tax. They will tax you based on the amount of miles you drive each year. It will suck for me. I drive a lot. And because I live in a rural area I often need to drive long distance to get some products and services. But,something will have to be done in the future as we drive more using less fuel.