I agree with you. I think much of this move to another fuel is to preserve a tax structure that adds taxes invisibly to the price of the fuel.
Anything that removes the need for the current gasoline distribution system will result in a loss of tax revenue. This is why some states are preparing for a per mile taxation system.
(so much for taxation WITH representation)
Rural America... The so-called "Red Counties," have not had "taxation WITH (equitable) representation" for nearly 50 years in this country!!! Not since a previous dopey CA Governor was made Chief (in)Justice of the US Supreme Court!!!
The "One Man - One Vote" ruling, aka "Cows Don't Vote" has destroyed the balance between demographics and geographics in every state legislature except NE, which went unicameral.
The checks and balances between state assemblies which were already "One Man - One Vote," and represented demographics were destroyed when state senates were forced to change from representing counties to representing arbitrary population districts in the same manner.
In CA, my county must share one state senator with 13 other counties in Schwarzenegger's new Sierra-Nevada CONservancy, while Los Angeles county taxpayers have access to 13 state senators which is inequitable representation, especially when one of these "CONservancy" land grabbing institutions is forced upon that one state senator!!!
This has given the so-called "Blue Counties" the ability to run rough-shod over the rural regions of CA and everyother state in the union and made a mockery of Property Rights/Land Use issues for Rural America.
The MetroSexual voters have gotten their cake and eaten it too, while the water and grain that made their cake were produced in the "Red Counties" WITH REDUCED representation!
Well Dog Gone!Then Jimmy Carter comes along and not only outlaws Nuceer Powa, but also wouldn't help re-authorize funding for completion of a super clean multi-purpose hydropower facility that was 2/3rds done in my "Red County" and we lacked the equitable representation even in our state senate to even create a ripple!!!
Dog Gone, you are absolutely correct on our nuclear needs and once again, the Jane Fonda/China Syndrome/Movie Star/Celebrity Syndrome lives out through our Republican Celebrity Governor with his cockamayme concepts!!!