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[–] 30 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Even more fucked when you consider these are the prices in the US with oil subsidies. It would be so much more expensive without them, and only gas-powered vehicles would be paying, and not all of us...

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Except that all goods require shipping and most shipping is also done by gas powered vehicles. I wish there was a way to opt out but I don't see it being possible.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Well if there wasn't a subsidy then it would probably be easier to have some long haul trucks switch to hydrogen or lithium ion or come up with something new. We could even subsidize those instead. I would probably do it over time, though, shrinking the subsidy a little bit every year. Eventually we would want some sort of environmental cost being factored in. With these changing slowly over time, it would incentivize new long haul trucks being alternative fuel while also not straight up destroying all current trucking infrastructure and fleets.

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