[Alberta's Child]

For all its flaws, a mileage-based revenue stream is much closer to a true "pay-as-you-go" system. A car that gets 40 mpg causes just as much congestion as one that gets 20 mpg, so there's really no reason why the driver of the 20-mpg car should effectively pay twice as much in taxes as the other one.

If there had never been such a thing as a fuel tax, this would probably not be nearly as controversial among conservatives as it is now.

[BobL]

“For all its flaws, a mileage-based revenue stream is much closer to a true “pay-as-you-go” system. A car that gets 40 mpg causes just as much congestion as one that gets 20 mpg, so there’s really no reason why the driver of the 20-mpg car should effectively pay twice as much in taxes as the other one. “

Who says they won’t ‘adjust’ the road pricing due to gas mileage, greenhouse gasses, time of day, which particular road, income level, or Tea Party affiliation?

This opens a HUGE CAN OF WORMS that we would all be better, and freer, not having to deal with.