[edzo4]

if buying gas is so bad for the enviroment why not encourage those to get hybrid or hydrogen vehecles with a tax break, this is just the governments way of making sure they get their cut once we move away from fossil fuels and a GAS tax...

[fhlh]

DING! DING! DING! and we have a winner!!!!

This is EXACTLY what this tax is about...

[WOSG]

"if buying gas is so bad for the enviroment why not encourage those to get hybrid or hydrogen vehecles with a tax break, this is just the governments way of making sure they get their cut once we move away from fossil fuels and a GAS tax..."

My thinking exactly!

[Kenny Bunkport]

Sounds to me like this is a way to get MORE money, as, apparently, the gas tax isn't generating enough revenues to take care of the state's highway system.