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Re:Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the envi... by Rebelgecko on Friday November 29, 2024 @10:00PM (#42279042)
There was a proposal to do income based utility bills in California. It was unpopular for a lot of reasons, one of which was that it would make ICE cars cheaper to fuel than EVs for most people
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Re:Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the envi... by benj111 on Monday December 02, 2024 @11:27AM (#42297726)
Well this is conceptually a tax on marginal electricity use.

you'd also have to pair it with a commitment to making IC use more expensive than marginal electricity use.

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