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This is more than the average fossil car owner pays in gas taxes, and really bad policy during a world fuel shortage.

  • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Just like a gas tank in your back yard would be, I assume.

    How’d you get gas in your backyard tank without paying the tax? And if charging at home is tax free that just benefits the wealthier home owners more than that (probably less wealthy on average) renter.

    • Nollij@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      12 hours ago

      Greasel (diesel-vegetable oil conversion) is a thing, albeit uncommon. That would probably be the closest analogue.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I assumed it would be wholesale prices. I guess cracking and refining oil yourself, or brewing biofuel, would be the analogue to backyard solar or whatever.

      Part of the point is that “home gas” for local commutes and such is hilariously impractical, whereas that’s not the case for EVs.

      • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 day ago

        Farmers are able to get diesel fuel without paying the tax. It’s dyed red if I recall correctly. It wasn’t super uncommon for a farmer to get his truck inspected to make sure he wasn’t driving on the roadways with untaxed fuel.