[flyingfences]

It is already a problem when national policy discussions practically ignore one out of five people.

[adrianN]

Which national policy discussions do you mean?

[flyingfences]

Auto taxes, auto tariffs, tax credits/rebates, fuel economy/emissions standards, charging/power infrastructure, gas taxes, urban emissions bans, etc.

[adrianN]

Half of those things either don't affect rural populations more than urban populations or are benefical to them too, the other half is just pricing in externalities that we need to get rid of no matter what.