Environmentalists Not All That Committed To Saving The Environment -- At Least In Oregon; If They Have To Pay Road Taxes, Forgeddaboutit -- May 20, 2015

We're starting to see just how loyal environmentalists are to saving the environment. Environmentalists say they will quit buying EVs if Oregon goes through with its plan to tax based on miles driven. MyWay is reporting:

Oregon is about to embark on a first-in-the-nation program that aims to charge car owners not for the fuel they use, but for the miles they drive.

The program is meant to help the state raise more revenue to pay for road and bridge projects at a time when money generated from gasoline taxes are declining across the country, in part, because of greater fuel efficiency and the increasing popularity of fuel-efficient, hybrid and electric cars.

Starting July 1, up to 5,000 volunteers in Oregon can sign up to drive with devices that collect data on how much they have driven and where. The volunteers will agree to pay 1.5 cents for each mile traveled on public roads within Oregon, instead of the tax now added when filling up at the pump.

Some electric and hybrid car owners, however, say the new tax would be unfair to them and would discourage purchasing of green vehicles.

Unfair to them? Exactly why?  The fuel-at-the-pump tax is for the privilege of driving on maintained roads.

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How Blogging Has Helped Me

Before I started blogging I had no idea how "big" 640 acres was. Nor did I care, I suppose.

But today, in this article on a home being sold by Robin Williams' estate:

The 63-year-old late actor listed the breathtaking Calif. home in April for $29.9 million just months before his passing.

The 640-acre property was named Villa Sorriso, or Villa of Smiles by the comedian in the early 2000s.

Because of blogging I know how "big" 640 acres is. I can "see" it. If were square it would be a mile wide by a mile long.

And Whiting would put twelve wells on it. LOL.