The Utah Department of Transportation has recently briefed the Utah Legislature’s Transportation Committee on a new plan to invoke a per mile tax/flat rate registration fee on hybrid and electric vehicles.
While I can see the logic in fixing the roads of our great state, I cannot see the logic in disincentivizing cleaner air for Utahns.
Air pollution in Utah, especially in our larger cities located in valleys, is a critical issue regarding public health and safety. Anyone who lives here has seen a red day. They have smelled the carcinogenic atmosphere that is being created by our over-reliance on carbon-based fuels for transportation.