Should a zero-emission vehicle driver still pay a toll which was instituted to reduce emissions in an area?
I heard a news story and the words of the mayor of New York City, Mike Bloomberg, that there would be a new toll for vehicles entering certain parts of the city on weekdays in an attempt to reduce emissions. Should a zero emission vehicle like the Tesla Roadster be held to the same mandate? Should I pay a toll if I drive a zero-emission vehicle?
To Bob Shark, the mayor of NYC specifically said (this can be quoted) the purpose of the toll is to reduce emissions from vehicles over the next 20 years.
I can agree with congestion charges because you might want to limit the amount of potential pileups, accidents or clear roads for deliveries simply to have clearer roads.
I do agree that emissions are made at some point. With electricity there is primarily coal, which would be at conversion. With gas it is conversion and run-time use. That is double so I’ll take half emissions any day of the week. However, you can move towards solar and wind with electricity. What’s the alternative source for gas?
lmao, good point. Bring it to your state rep, I’d like to see what they say. I’m sure it’s not for emissions. I live in IL, another land of tollways, and they feed us the same BS about why they exist. It’s usually for some good reason like reducing emissions, or to help the funding of repairs and new roads. But a nice audit of IDOT’s use of tollway funds showed that over 50% of the funds went to payroll. Payroll. And toll-booth workers get paid minimum wage so I know it’s the paper pushers at the top that are getting the money. And our new governor spent FOUR MILLION dollars to post 10 signs on the Illinois tollways that said nothing more than "Rod Blagojevich’s Tollway Reconstruction Project". Four million dollars of our quarters and dimes for some campaign materials…
If Bloomberg says it’s to reduce emissions, you should be exempt from the toll. But then how would they all afford their gas-guzzing polluting SUV’s when the payroll is underfunded?
lmao, good point. Bring it to your state rep, I’d like to see what they say. I’m sure it’s not for emissions. I live in IL, another land of tollways, and they feed us the same BS about why they exist. It’s usually for some good reason like reducing emissions, or to help the funding of repairs and new roads. But a nice audit of IDOT’s use of tollway funds showed that over 50% of the funds went to payroll. Payroll. And toll-booth workers get paid minimum wage so I know it’s the paper pushers at the top that are getting the money. And our new governor spent FOUR MILLION dollars to post 10 signs on the Illinois tollways that said nothing more than "Rod Blagojevich’s Tollway Reconstruction Project". Four million dollars of our quarters and dimes for some campaign materials…
If Bloomberg says it’s to reduce emissions, you should be exempt from the toll. But then how would they all afford their gas-guzzing polluting SUV’s when the payroll is underfunded?
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It may surprise you to know that the toll has nothing to do with reducing emmissions. Politicians impose taxes as a way of being seen to be doing something about a problem, The happy part for them, is they leave the impression of doing something and at the same time get more money to spend.
Now How does a toll on a car stop it from polluting? Will it automatically stop polluting as soon as the toll is paid? And Do you think a toll will stop one car from making the trip? I think Not.
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no such thing as 0 emissions…it gets power somewhere…
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Remember that ‘zero emmission’ cars give off no exhaust at the point of use. The power must come from somewhere, so the exhaust is going to be emmited somewhere.
We already have a ‘congestion charge’ in London (UK), they’re not even pretending it’s got anything to do with emmissions.
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