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Re:Denmark to ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2030 by reaperducer on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @10:24PM (#18136621)
If these were paid for by those who used them

Well, they are. That's the 9/10th of a cent that drivers pay on each gallon of gas they purchase.

IMO, it should be closer to an even five cents, with half of it going to mass transit. But then I also drank milk and Pepsi mixed together when I was a kid, so I'm not exactly reliable.

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Re:Denmark to ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2030 by expathacker on Thursday October 04, 2018 @05:43AM (#18138409)
If you're speaking about the federal gas tax which goes to the Highway Trust Fund[1], it's currently $0.184 per gallon of petrol and $0.244 per gallon of diesel.

There are also state gasoline taxes, vehicle weight fees (for commercial interstate trucks) registration fees, and tolls[2].

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_Trust_Fund 2. https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/07/us-transporta...

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Re:Denmark to ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2030 by qkls on Thursday October 04, 2018 @02:53AM (#18137760)
Does that cover the cost of the roads? Finnish fuel tax is 68 euro cents per litre (2,57€/2,95$ per gallon) and 2/3 of that covers the road maintenance. That is 328 times the amount of your fuel tax.
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