LePage targets hybrid, electric cars in ‘free ride’ gas tax discussion

“Hybrids are getting a free ride on our roads,” LePage said. “The Legislature is going to have to address: ‘How do they share in paying for our roads?'”

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  • U.S. Sen. Angus King is in Greenland this week on a fact-finding mission around climate change. The independent’s three-day trip is focused on environmental and security consequences of climate change’s impact on the Arctic. On Monday, he went to the Jacobshavn Glacier.

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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on August 24, 2016 at 11:57am

But then given the fact that E10 requires 1.29 times as much gasoline to achieve the physical work load, maybe the Green-Mobiles should have a x1.29 factor over the current E10 gas tax. Meter the power charge-up is current so taxation from Green sources (required power purchase at true rates, not grid rates) could be tacked on based on to the Kwh recharge (not the price/kwh)

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on August 24, 2016 at 11:48am

This should also be taken into consideration for other alternative fuel sources.  Or do as Arizona did back in the 70's, assess by Weight and Miles driven per year at the time of registration.

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on August 24, 2016 at 11:46am

I would suggest that they be taxed on a formula that converts all energy sources to one common standard. The BTU comes to mind, or the Kwh equal.

Conventional Summer Gasoline contains 114,500 BTU's per gallon, or 33.56 Kwh if efficiently converted.

Though we only get E10, which contains 86,705 BTU's per gallon, or 25.41 Kwh when efficiently converted.

I am not sure what the Gas Tax is per gallon these days, but an equal tax for the given Kwh should be fair.  

 

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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

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