I see a lot of this X tax is regressive. The point is to make carbon emissions more expensive so that (aggregate) people are incentivized to do less of them. Cars are expensive, someone’s gotta pay for them, and right now the answer is that we’re subsidizing cars for everyone on the backs of the majority of taxpayers,…

Yeah, this, I’m about there and while it would be nice to have a new EV for many reasons I’m not buying a new car any time soon.

Right now, the ICE car market functions though some new supply, but mostly the availability of cheap used cars. There are few cheap used EVs, and without priming the pump you can’t really drive adoption. It’s like any new technology right now where costs are high, the products are barely adequate, and massive sums are…

Not just jez.

Also I am that guy. I have the Filson (TWO!), and I drink craft coffee in Seattle while wearing them. 

careful, they’ll say the subaru equivalent of “hold my beer”

Rugged like a Filson jacket drinking craft coffee in Seattle.

Listen mister, was traipsing my way through the comments and I almost fell into your sarcasm. You’re gonna wanna be careful just leaving that anywhere.

This was the timeframe where I was looking at SAABarus rather than subarus, partially for this reason.

I’m saying that subaru has, at best, been inoffensive and picking on them for this is like complaining that your socks are wet while the boat goes down. Subarus are fine. This is fine.

another?

THIN BLUE LINE BAD APPLES ETC. ETC.

I think the idea of a high fuel tax would be to use that money to offset the cost of EV adoption through direct subsidy.

well, I sort of agree: it should be a Carbon tax, so everything that potentially emits CO2 upon combustion should be taxed based on the emissions of CO2.

Spelled “TRX” for Troglodyte Reactionary eXtremist.

The mental disorder is called “Conservative American.” 

You don’t have to, older small towns can be extremely walkable.

I was going to nominate the TourX and the Flex, but it seems everyone is on the same wavelength here.

Exactly: Seattle conurbation liberals: mass transit! healthcare! lip service equity! set aside land for environmental stuff (NOT IN MY SUBURB OMG).

This means is that only someone on drugs would want to drive a truck.