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Congressionally-created Commission Recommends Mileage Tax Instead of Fuel Tax for Transportation Infrastructure Financing

Green Car Congress

All too often the prices paid by transportation system users are markedly less than the costs of providing the transportation services they use (including pavement repair)—much less the total social costs (including traffic congestion and pollution). Such a move to a mileage tax does not currently have the support of the White House.

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Fat Cars: Report Reveals What We Already Know About Vehicle Weight

The Truth About Cars

Your author covered the topic a few weeks ago and has likewise complained about how modern automotive design seems to have become a snake eating its own tail. But it has seen renewed interest this year as more people seem to be noticing the mounting issues associated with modern vehicle designs.

Vehicles 101
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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Photo: General Motors See Also: Feds Say the Volt Wont Save GM Well See a Chevrolet Volt in June Design Under Constraint: How to Build a Streamlined, Mass-Produced Electric Car Stumble ShareThis Claiming that GM has 18 models that get 30 mpg or more is a bit of a false dichotomy. The Democrats have reached too far. 30 mpg is NOT efficient.

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