Comment Re:Let the market decide. (Score 1) 528
Sales and gas taxes aren't levied by the feds. My state doesn't even have a sales tax. In theory, the gas tax goes to fund the roads. If there are no roads, the gas stations probably wouldn't be selling a whole lot of gas. With no roads, the gas stations probably wouldn't be able to get gas themselves.
You're reaching for analogies but they're not there. Your gas tax example might explain why some of us now pay "pole fees" when we pay for electricity, but they don't justify taxing a form of energy into oblivion under the feel good fantasy of clean air.
I'm on my second hybrid vehicle and there are a number of EVs in my town. The market can work if we let it. Solar isn't popular in my area because as I mentioned, it hasn't worked out for the few that have tried it. The last thing we need the feds doing is mandating it or using taxes to effectively mandate it.
It should be the people's right to choose. The pollution argument is weak since we've all been forced to pay more for pollution controls on newer vehicles, had to give up our light bulbs, etc. It's never enough. Why not skip directly to population control? Would even that make you happy, or would you still say it's not enough?