ANWR

[Ken Brown]

My guess is their thinking is based on damage to road surface rather
than on fuel consumption. Damage to road surface varies with some
unlikely power of pressure exerted.   I can't remember references right
now unfortunately. But it works out that  cars & vans cause effectively
none of the damage, medium-sized goods vehicles cause vast amounts,
larger trucks & busses less than you'd think (multiple axles, bigger
tyres) and the occasional giant load (construction crane, tunnel
sections, tank transporters, whatever) a lot more.

Ken

David Honig wrote:
> 
> At 04:23 PM 9/24/01 -0700, mmotyka at lsil.com wrote:
> >
> >I also think we should learn a lesson from NY - annual vehicle
> >registration costs are based on vehicle weight.
> >
> >Mike
> 
> That's not fair.  It penalizes safer (more massive) cars
> without regard to their actual petrol consumption.
> 
> If you only tax cars you ignore driving habits --you
> subsidize 'wasteful' (but fun) driving, e.g., accelerating
> faster than fuel-optimal.
> 
> The market is fair: just let the price of gas
> be established by a free market.  Then everyone
> can decide whether they want a 1000 lb, 300 hp
> car or a 3000 lb, 100 hp car, or something
> in between.